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This past week, thousands of HP Inc. printer owners were notified by their printers that their ink cartridges were "damaged" and needed to be replaced. And this is how we develop brand loyalty
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And their competiton - one and all - howled with glee. The waves of people switching away from HP will look like a Japanese wood cut. 
'PLAN' is NOT one of those four-letter words.
'When money talks, nobody listens to the customer anymore.'
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This probably explains why my printer ink cartridge (from HP) failed. I have membership in HP's "Instant Ink" program where they'll automatically ship you "new" cartridges when the printer detects you will be needing a new one soon.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Ink cartridge are hell in tiny packages. Retail stores sell printers for which they don't have the cartridges and more often than not a full set costs about as much as the printer.
My future policy will be buyingo only 20$ printers and trying to refill their cartridges with cheap ink - if they fail just trash that and buy the next one. Cheaper on the long run if one does not print in large amounts.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: My future policy will be buyingo only 20$ printers and trying to refill their cartridges with cheap ink
Even without trying is still cheaper
M.D.V. 
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Yes, it is even without trying to refill them - but then 3€ for a liter of black ink may be worth the cost for a while.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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Depends.. Usually the cartridges sold with the printer contain an absolutely minimal amount of ink
I suppose you don't want to buy a new printer each time you print like 5 pages.
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When you're installing your app and its dependencies BUT NOT .NET Core itself, you're dependent on .NET Core already being on the target machine. That's fine for Web Apps or systems with lots of apps, but what if I want to write an app and give it to you as zip or on a USB key and and I just want it to work. I'll include .NET Core as well so the whole thing is a Self Contained Deployment. Applications without DLLs? That's just crazy talk
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Just call me Bob Segue 
Glad this gave you the opportunity to inform others about it.
TTFN - Kent
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I'll bet that there's a computer language out there that lets you compile and statically link applications. If I could only remember....
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You mean C# native, don't you? It's not out yet! 
(I just double sarcasm you, just in case you had doubts)
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Is your iPhone hissing? Some are reporting that the iPhone 7 is doing just that when it’s pushed to the limits of its processing power. "Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?"
I'm sure it's just a new Apple innovation.
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I believe Snakes and Apples have been associated since at least Genesis. 
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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The internet was designed to be a massive, decentralized system that nobody controlled, but it is increasingly controlled by a select few tech companies, including Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon, and they are continuing to consolidate power, said the CEO of a cybersecurity company. Even worse, it's not under *my* control
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Little known fact:
Tim Berners-Lee can, in fact, turn off the Web (and the Internet, if he so chooses) any time he wants.
Just a flip of the switch for him.
True story.
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I hope not to see the day when it is needed to switch it off.
Although... not sure it it could even be a good idea to let everything crash and start over again with a better design avoiding the errors that have been done.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Nelek wrote: it could even be a good idea to let everything crash and start over again with a better design avoiding the errors that have been done
We were just thinking the same yesterday. With Windows OS. Maybe Microsoft could just delete all windows installations and then go into dev-mode for 5 years. Then when theyre properly done, they could come back out and give it away and it wouldn't be tied down by all that old stuff.
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On 30th anniversary of Apple II GS, devoted developer releases ProDOS 2.4. "I see you shiver with antici...pation."
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Remix OS is basically a desktop version of Android, with floating windows and a start menu-style app drawer. So, it makes sense that creators Jide would make it as easy to use on a desktop. So you can deal with those Angry Birds on your desktop
Or crush candy, or whatever the kids do with their phones these days
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The driverless car revolution is coming, and Lyft's president now predicts it will "all-but end" car ownership in cities by 2025. Alternate prediction: No one will remember Lyft in 2025
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Who are these "average" people spending $9,000 on a car?
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Well it did look like the bovine was eating grass on land that did not belong to the owner, so to protect the owner, blurred the face. Now that other bovine is in trouble. We know that police do follow up on crimes in photos that are posted.
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