Tuesday, November 29

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Daily News Stuff 29 November 2022

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  • In a rare win for sanity and freedom Britain is abandoning legislation that would have banned "legal but harmful" speech online.  (Reuters)

    The proposed law was so twisted that it included criminal charges for executives of social platforms for the entirely legal speech of other people.

    This unsurprisingly provoked some pushback from said social platforms.

    The government - the nominally conservative government - is planning to return with more of the same but with a tasty won't somebody think of the children sauce on top.


  • I think everything I want from Ikea is in stock right now.  I could just set fire to my credit card and order a houseful of furniture in one go.

    Probably best not to.  Would save on delivery fees but leave my living room filled with flat packs when I've only just got it free of boxes.

    Going to end up with 90 feet of desk space.


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Disclaimer: But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some ink converters!

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1 One huge problem with the supposed "better for the environment” of inkjet printers is that inkjets have to be used regularly or their nozzles get clogged.  This might be fine in offices; however, home use is often sporadic, so buying a single laser printer that lasts you years is better than having to buy multiple inkjets that keep breaking because they're not used often enough.

Posted by: three-humped camel at Wednesday, November 30 2022 01:14 AM (x8H4m)

2 Even if the inkjets don't break, the cleaning cycles waste large amounts of ink.

Posted by: Rick C at Wednesday, November 30 2022 01:46 AM (BMUHC)

3 I really can't see it:  the cost per page for a laser printer is something like half that of even a really good inkjet, or at least it was 20 years ago, and I doubt lasers have deteriorated or inkjets have somehow improved.

Posted by: normal at Wednesday, November 30 2022 03:10 AM (LADmw)

4 What was the last Epson laser printer you bought? I'm drawing a blank here.

Posted by: Any Mouse at Wednesday, November 30 2022 03:26 PM (FMxtE)

5 I think I got a Kyocera, not an Epson.  I gave it away before the move anyway.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Wednesday, November 30 2022 06:51 PM (PiXy!)

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Apple pies are delicious. But never mind apple pies. What colour is a green orange?




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