Post AYSBoKYhOSYojW6WeW by N0ZB@mastodon.radio
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(DIR) Post #AYOy9Uc9DjNdAX2BzE by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-08-04T23:01:14Z
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“Pay no attention to the USB port behind the “no USB” sticker.Is covering a printer’s USB port with a sticker to push people into wireless printing the worst thing HP does with its hardware? Not remotely. Is it still pretty funny to watch someone just take off the sticker and plug their printer in? I think so.” https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/4/23820710/pay-no-attention-to-the-usb-port-behind-the-no-usb-stickerFriends don't let friends buy HP. I’m Team Brother Laser, but everyone seems to have their own personal favorite.But not HP.
(DIR) Post #AYOz6cQtnKegVFxyQC by elfin@mstdn.social
2023-08-04T23:11:55Z
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@tek In some ways HP is my alma mater in The Industry.I will Not buy HP printers at all. Especially with their new "Subscription Ink" bullshit (printer phones home you're out of magenta again and a magenta cartridge shows up...no, I mean No, Hell No). And I'm printing in black asshat, print without magenta. But I was done when they chipped the cartridge like a Keurig Cup.I recently had cause to buy a printer/scanner and the only sane choice was Brother.
(DIR) Post #AYOz7qNJRYwc28sBNo by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-08-04T23:12:10Z
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@lordbowlich For real? Nooooo! That breaks my heart! My current one’s warned me about low toner for the last 2 years or so but keeps going.
(DIR) Post #AYOzc68dOttDbsQwxU by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-08-04T23:17:38Z
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@elfin Yup. I had a LaserJet 1200n that could stand up to a Soviet tank. There’s no plausible scenario where I’d subscribe to ink. Just... no.For scanners: the ScanSnap iX500 is the last model that humanity needed to invent. That's it. It's perfection. Close the labs. We're done here.
(DIR) Post #AYOzhslK2rYNrXHtxo by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-08-04T23:18:41Z
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@maddiefuzz @lordbowlich ❤️
(DIR) Post #AYP10BjiL3hZsNpQDQ by erosdiscordia@inkdrop.space
2023-08-04T23:33:08Z
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@tek I'm still recovering from the roommate HP printer drama last fall. I have never, in my life, been part of such a needlessly complicated, multiple-day tech shenanigans. And all so we could print in the living room, from our bedrooms!The SANS test was more clear and straightforward.Fuck HP, I'd rather buy a manual printing press.
(DIR) Post #AYP1psQjMbs73cb15k by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-08-04T23:42:32Z
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@GeoffWozniak That’s why I ended up replacing the old one.Inkjets are completely dead to me. My use case is that I rarely ever want to print something that requires great color accuracy, like photos. When that happens I sent it to the local pharmacy for a couple bucks.
(DIR) Post #AYP1slte70MNf8V8Vs by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-08-04T23:43:04Z
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@erosdiscordia They make it so incredibly and unnecessarily hard!
(DIR) Post #AYP20A0uqKJKUJQPQm by erosdiscordia@inkdrop.space
2023-08-04T23:44:20Z
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@tek I mean, really.People throw around the idea of tech dystopia, but HP printers are out here owning that whole vibe, remorselessly.
(DIR) Post #AYP3ItamDpsb0thDhA by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-08-04T23:58:59Z
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@GeoffWozniak @lordbowlich I found that e-ink is perfect _for me_.Granted, I’m not sure how much paper waste an e-ink screen is equal to.
(DIR) Post #AYP3ihcBNNhDOaew1Q by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-08-05T00:03:38Z
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@lordbowlich @GeoffWozniak I have a Kobo Libra 2. I just realized that an e-ink screen causes a certain amount of waste to manufacture, but that printers don't come from thin air with no eco footprint.
(DIR) Post #AYPFiagSLQPDLiN5No by profoundlynerdy@bitbang.social
2023-08-05T02:18:03Z
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@tek I used to like HP because at one time their printers were 99% likely to "just work" with #CUPS. Also, Lexmarks were garbage. HP sucks because of the vendor lock-in of the firmware of some models. The E series, I think. The solution to crappy firmware is to disassemble the firmware, figure out how it works, and write an open source replacement that shares no more code with the original than is absolutely required to make it work.
(DIR) Post #AYPFoRUdQbdcaAdGr2 by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-08-05T02:19:09Z
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@profoundlynerdy Historically, I think that’s literally how RMS started his life’s work.
(DIR) Post #AYPGyUgSWIJFKPWHxY by edd@freeradical.zone
2023-08-05T02:32:10Z
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@tek @lordbowlich @GeoffWozniak I've got the Kobo H2O model from way back, but I find the screen too small for academic PDFs. If only there was some digital format that wasn't intended as a way to share statically typeset documents bound for the printers.
(DIR) Post #AYPMapiJHNLjKHUDlA by elfin@mstdn.social
2023-08-05T03:35:05Z
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@tek The 1200n and a few others could take a Tandem-Warhead HEAT Round ... you might have to replace the fuser and vacuum the toner dust out, but they'd still work. (Also laser printers...not this inkjet stuff, very different animals.)
(DIR) Post #AYPSBmwx19WLEum9YW by nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social
2023-08-05T04:37:49Z
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@tek I swore off printers some years ago, so watch this hot mess from a mostly safe distance, but it still shocks me how much people have let companies like these (not just printer companies!) get worse and worse anti-consumer practices.Does a company have to start actually shooting its users before people actually stop and say "hey, wait, maybe it's possibly not ok for them to do that?"
(DIR) Post #AYPSMUnKrGMm7NNqkq by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-08-05T04:39:47Z
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@nazokiyoubinbou You'd think so, right? I genuinely like the one I have today. I'd hate to need to buy one today.
(DIR) Post #AYPcsvPYQvcVTYMXC4 by gpowerf@qoto.org
2023-08-05T06:37:39Z
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@tek I have a modern Canon G2000 series that you just refill with ink (no expensive cartridges) that works perfectly with my Linux box and seems to do no crazy crap.
(DIR) Post #AYPczICQcUp3tEG84e by gpowerf@qoto.org
2023-08-05T06:38:48Z
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@tek I have a modern Canon G2000 series that you just refill with ink (no expensive cartridges) that works perfectly with my Linux box over USB and seems to do no crazy crap.
(DIR) Post #AYPfFk1t7GX4kEIfcO by elfin@mstdn.social
2023-08-05T05:01:04Z
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@tek In my brief stint in sales when I was the 17-Year Old Smart Kid I sold the original HP 550DJ and the HP 750DJ Color (And their cost was almost exactly their model number no kidding) it was Huge. People could afford laser quality at a 1/3 to 1/4 the barrier to entry but upkeep was 1/10 of TCO.Naturally An Executive figured out a way to completely fuck that up.It might actually be cheaper and easier to own a laser these days.(Dunno, I'm a Unix guy so I "print" to files, as is proper.)
(DIR) Post #AYPfFkkuPsXqzrMcnA by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-08-05T07:04:11Z
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@elfin It's *way* easier to own a laser these days. Factoring in ink, they're cheaper than inkjets.
(DIR) Post #AYPfFmFQrsYTcoeW0W by elfin@mstdn.social
2023-08-05T05:11:54Z
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@tek I said I'm not quoting @Pluralstic but I've got to bring Enshitification into the conversation with HARDWARE and not just media.Capture market with great ideas and service, erode to claw back valuation, soak users, die.My buddy was so proud of his Generation One Keurig because it would make coffee from pretty much anything you put in it (including the "recycled plastic" adapter that made grounds ) because it wasn't "smart" enough to see the DRM. Worked Great!
(DIR) Post #AYPfFozwduwu9eQgme by elfin@mstdn.social
2023-08-05T06:52:19Z
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@tek Also, I'll not be bringing my lockpicks and WiFi warfare to DefCon this year.* I saw you shout out earlier.Shame.
(DIR) Post #AYPfL1zPlhRhtXfKIi by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-08-05T07:05:09Z
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@elfin Awww!
(DIR) Post #AYQDq6rX68PIQUyCCe by nart@infosec.exchange
2023-08-05T13:31:36Z
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@tek https://haunted.computer/@netspooky/110832978569741892
(DIR) Post #AYQtUBPRhx1SEU3kqe by tslumley@fediscience.org
2023-08-05T21:18:21Z
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@tek it's a real shame. In the late 80s/early 90s HPs were The Printer That Could Not Die.
(DIR) Post #AYQvwMBVRIz3fT6LWi by elfin@mstdn.social
2023-08-05T21:45:53Z
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@tek Yeah. Circumstances dictate I can't make it this year (I've been busy so no time to plan Phreak Things let alone implement something interesting... and if I'm going anywhere for a week I gotta go to Santa Cruz first).Shame...I love TSA and my lock picks in my checkin bag with screwdrivers and my knives. Always a good time.
(DIR) Post #AYRU3a1LnAKX34y132 by elfin@mstdn.social
2023-08-06T01:35:12Z
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@tek @juliewebgirl So my storage facility got broken into a few weeks ago and my unit got hit.Lost tools and a compound bow (gift from a friend) but I lost a IBM Thinkpad T42P. I had built a phased array antenna into the lid (space) on two circuit boards that work like modern Wi-Fi Routers and could hit an SBux from 10mi if I had LOS and the uphill.TSA thought it was a bomb. I had to take it apart twice in the airport.
(DIR) Post #AYRU3akj4SctJoCFm4 by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-08-06T04:08:10Z
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@elfin @juliewebgirl “What *is* that?” “Uh, how much do you physics?” “Boss, we got another one.”
(DIR) Post #AYSBoKYhOSYojW6WeW by N0ZB@mastodon.radio
2023-08-06T12:18:24Z
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@tek The redeeming factor concerning HP is that their older laserjet printers just keep working. No wifi to mess with. No detector built in to see if you are using HP toner.I have two HP LaserJet P2055dn that are connected via ethernet, also does duplex.I dread the point when I will have to replace them. They've been going strong for almost 15 years so far. 🤞
(DIR) Post #AYSfuUvwjJGBGyppLs by number6@fosstodon.org
2023-08-06T17:55:41Z
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@tek My understanding is that the HP family had some sort of rift. The quality went down after that.Today, HP seems to be just a brand sold to whatever company is willing to pay to slap the name on their products.Got a brother laser printer. What I like about it is that it works with Linux.
(DIR) Post #AYSpTHss8fn4WV3pei by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-08-06T19:42:50Z
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@number6 I think that's right. It's just a badge on junk now.
(DIR) Post #AYSsq0KxqMz0cpiyxs by elfin@mstdn.social
2023-08-06T20:20:32Z
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@tek @juliewebgirl 🤣🤣🤣 That's surprisingly accurate.