A Laserjet 2300DN was the last one I installed that didn't suck, and the next to the last HP I ever installed. That printer lasted over a decade.

A year or so later, I installed a 2400DN at the same client. It lasted a bit more than a year, just long enough for the warranty to expire. I never installed another HP.

The firmware update broke the printer. Before the update, 3rd party ink worked, after it, 3rd party ink didn't.

Nobody is saying that 3rd party ink broke the printer. HP broke the printer.

Oh, it isn't. But Apple did just get smacked down hard in Europe, and Europe isn't done with them yet because they're playing games instead of actually opening up the iDevices.

I still can't understand what was wrong with the idiot judge in the US who let Apple win a suit that they should have lost. But Apple's days of customer abuse are numbered. Oregon just banned parts pairing, the FTC is going after Apple's monopoly.

I'm not talking about the sound. I'm talking about the smell.

DIY is a real possibility now with mini-split systems. They come with pre-charged linesets, you don't need a license to install them.

If you can live with the swamp cooler for a few more years, I would. That's just because new units with hydrocarbon refrigerants are starting to roll out, R134a and R410a are being phased out, and with hydrocarbons there won't be any need to worry about discharges for service in the future, the EPA has exempted the new refrigerants from licensing requirements. The hydrocarbon refrigerant units are still expensive right now, that should change soon.

A heat pump is just an air conditioner with a reversing valve. There's no excuse for the current contractor price gouging. My 3 ton heat pump was about $3500 over a decade ago.

The 'refrigerant' in a swamp cooler is water. No license needed.

I'm guessing because small children like to touch things, and don't know what high voltage is. And because big oil sponsored the thing for a long time.

It looks like the cars have some steerability from the pics, I've never seen it in person. That would add complexity to the pickups, particularly if they've got to be shielded from being able to be touched. Small gas engines are cheap, custom designed track riding electric pickups and track systems... aren't. And the rat loves to make money.

Since it doesn't run 24/7 (I'm assuming), batteries might make more sense.

I'm guessing since they're using small engines that the cars don't have catalytic converters. I remember when lots of cars without them were still on the road, it smelled awful everywhere.

But something you probably don't realize most of the time because you're used to it: Cars stink.

They don't smell as bad as they used to, but they're still not pleasant to be around. And when you get behind some asshat redneck who removed the cat or somebody whose cat got stolen, it's truly awful. I'm looking forward to everything on the road being electric.

No it doesn't.

https://www.neowin.net/guides/...

Apple has already done you one better: The zero-mouse mouse!

With the Apple Vision Pro, you just wave your fingers around in the air!

(Ok, so the thing is actually kind of cool and I kind of want one, but there's no way I'm paying anywhere close to $3500 for it.)

While I absolutely want those shut down too, this won't do inherently do anything about it.

Those turbines are owned by the feds.

I absolutely WILL laugh if Biden decides to use this as a reason to order TVA to start building more solar and wind, because that will actually be good, and I know that's the exact opposite of what the loonies who voted for this want.

The sooner those get shut down, the better.

TVA is mostly hydro and nuclear these days anyway. More fossil gas than there should be, and not nearly enough wind or solar, but the last TVA coal plant will be shut down by 2035, there are only 4 left now. One got shut down last year, the next one is scheduled for 2027.

You're forgetting one important thing here: Bill Lee is a fucking idiot. If something is stupid, he will sign it.

"Firefox is to browsers as Joe Biden is to presidential candidates."

A perfect way to put it. Not what we really want, but far better than the alternative.

Check the date.