rekabis

@rekabis@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 is finally killing off legacy printer drivers in 2026 — and it’s going to shake up a lot of older hardware⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Roller kit I have, and really need to install (paper pick-up is hit or miss these days), and I really do need a new fuser, too. But yes. These things are tanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 is finally killing off legacy printer drivers in 2026 — and it’s going to shake up a lot of older hardware⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The 4050 has got type 27x toners that - IIRC - used to be advertised for 20,000 sheets at 5% coverage.

  Obviously, if you print out a lot of night sky photos that’s not going to hold up, but I’m on my third toner cartridge across half a century and two degrees. So there is that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 is finally killing off legacy printer drivers in 2026 — and it’s going to shake up a lot of older hardware⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Are PCL6 drivers considered “legacy”?

  I have a HP Laserjet 4N, a HP LaserJet 4050DTN, and a LaserJet 5000DTN, all of which work swimmingly on standard PCL6 drivers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨User says access to ’30 years of photos and work’ in OneDrive denied by Microsoft, can't get a response after filing form 18 times — 'Microsoft suspended my account without warning, reason, or any leg⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re conflating syncing with backing up

  Every syncing service I know of offers versioning. Some offer a high degree of versioning customization (retention, etc.) with their paid tiers, making said sync indistinguishable from a hot backup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This ignores that the inventor has less motivation to actually invent. Author have less motivation to create.

  Tell me you haven’t read the entire book without actually saying you haven’t done much more than browse a few pages.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Businesses were innovative long before patents and copyright became a thing. In fact, evidence shows that society was more innovative without patents and copyright than with.

  For your reading pleasure:

  • Against Intellectual Monopoly
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok Lays Off Hundreds of Staff—to Replace Them With AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow. That platform is gonna end up being a dumpster fire a lot quicker than it already is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roku Issues a Mandatory Terms of Service Update That You Must Agree To or You Can't Use Your Roku | Cord Cutters News⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This just ensures that I will never get a Roku. Thanks for making that decision for me, Roku!

  Now if only Sony could make an OLED dumb TV about 78″ or larger. Yes, I know the alternative is called “Digital Signage”, but almost all of DS is still just standard LCD and entry-level visual tech.