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We have dedicated computers and hardware to handle high-speed interactions. Print data for example is sent over fiber optic links from the data source to the printheads.
Our controller application (the part I work on) is a Windows UI application and a group of services, all heavily multithreaded.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote: inkjet
Gary Wheeler wrote: 17 feet of paper per second
And the home consumer thinks his inkjet printer goes through ink fast...
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We sell ink in 5L "cubies" (think wine box, just cubical), 208L drums, and 1000+L tubs.
Software Zen: delete this;
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LMAO.
I remember years ago someone made the calculation and posted that if ink (the ink-jet cartridge type) sold at linear prices, it would come down to something stupid like $9000 a gallon.
I'm guessing this is not quite the same scale. 
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Having worked on such printers back in the 90's in my hardware maintenance days, often in the middle of the night (one such night with a 102 degree fever), I bet I can make a very good guess which company you work for.
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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Gary Wheeler wrote: they could buy an SSD for each and they'd never have to do this again.
Is it that the company will not buy a bigger drive? Or perhaps they just think the company will not?
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I've mentioned this to our hardware wrangler, and nothing's happened. He's not the most motivated guy.
Software Zen: delete this;
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CAPEX (capital expenses) and OPEX (operating expenses) are different budget categories. In many cases, the tax treatment differs, too.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I have a similar story -- many moons ago I was brought in as a developer on a 50 developer project. Except the customer didn't have a PC for me yet -- they had exceeded the budget for hardware for that month, so I had to wait.
Each day I was assigned to the PC of a person who was out that day. I had to install the S/W I needed to work in the morning, and before I left, I restored the PC to its original state. We tracked hours by task, so I knew at the end of the month that I spent half of my time setting up and restoring PCs.
At that time a dev PC was $2,000 USD ... my monthly bill rate was $8,000. Double the cost of a PC was spent on setup and restoration.
Yeah, I understand about budgets all too well; it still feels like a foolish way to waste money.
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Compress the disk. Depending on the file types stored might create a lot of empty space.
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They've done that. One now has 24GB free, the other 18GB. Still a ridiculous waste of time and resources.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Assistant friend will give you the wordle ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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So it is 5 letters?
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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Yes
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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That's going to look silly tomorrow ... 
Assistant PA
friend PAL
will give you the wordle ?
PAPAL
Good clue, if time limited. 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Little does she know it's an L1 cache for fast random access to my frequently used clothes in O(1) time.
I'll get my coat in O(1) time.
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Tell her that it's a L2 Wash-through cache and that the laundry bin is for Dirty items.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Be careful, the garbage collector can be very efficient.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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"Simplify simplify." -- Thoreau
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Two hard problems in computer science are cache validation and naming things. I suspect you're losing the cache validation problem, while your girlfriend has mastered the naming one.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I'm reminded of a (true) story from 20+ years ago. A recently-divorced co-worker of mine was complaining that since he was again a bachelor, he let a big pile of clothes accumulate on his bedroom floor starting in the previous Winter. After a year of the pile getting bigger (with his Summer clothes on top of it), he was complaining he now had to dig deeper into it to find his Winter clothes he wore the previous year.
I suggested he just take the entire pile and flip it upside-down.
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Dispose of all of your clothes except for two of each. The clothing is either on your body or in the laundry.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Nah, Jack Reacher has the solution. Buy new clothes every few days, toss what you had on in the garbage.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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I considered mentioning Reacher, but most of us didn't get quite as bloody on a normal day.
As an aside, I spent a good part of the past year reading all the Jack Reacher books I could get. As of this past weekend, I'm caught up.
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Is the latest one better than the previous, "No Plan B"? I thought that was the weakest Reacher Novel. I have it in hardback but has to resort to audiobook to get through it.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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