My too. In addition, I use the pre-docx version of the file format. Although it's not officially an open standard, every word processing app known to man reads and writes that old format so it's de facto open standard.

I didn't write that anyone is advocating the use of damp cloth masks. However, I did write that cloth masks are being touted as a preventive measure. To be clear, there is no studied, peer-reviewed evidence that cloth masks prevent transmission.of COVID-19 or similar viruses. Cloth mask advocates are no better than anti-vaxxers: both groups are making arguments that are unsupported by science.

It has recently become “common wisdom” that the wearing of cloth masks (so-called non-medical masks) reduces transmission of the COVID-19 virus. I’ve spent way too much time trying to find scientific research that demonstrates through actual studies that cloth masks reduce transmission of viruses (especially COVID-19). Given that the use of cloth masks began to be advocated during the Spanish Flu pandemic, actual measured, reported, and peer-group reviewed studies showing benefits should be numerous – the absence (silence) of published studies only serves to underscore that no such benefit results from the wearing of non-medical masks.

The inadequate thought experiments mask advocates use to support their advocacy is basically, “When I breath or cough into a piece of cloth, the cloth becomes damp; so, it must be filtering out the virus.” A more rigorous experiment would be to take individuals who are known to be infectious and have them breath without a cloth mask, then capture the air and measure the virus load in that sample. Then repeat with various mask types and at various distances from the test subject. I would think that this experiment could be planned, executed, published, and replicated by others, all in very short order. The fact that no one has bothered to publish the results of such an experiment once again can only cause me to conclude that no benefit is demonstrated.

Hand-washing and distancing have demonstrated results. A cloth mask cannot replace these measures. What I observe around me is that those wearing cloth masks treat the masks as a super-power and as a result stop distancing. I can only assume that that they also stop diligent hand-washing.

If the industry is going to replace the term then it needs to be replaced with a term that has the correct meaning. To use the term "Dependent" involves giving that word another definition as the existing definitions are not correct.

Under the service, you pay for ink as you use it; i.e., you don't prepay for ink through the purchase of an entire cartridge. So, since he hasn't yet paid for the unused ink in the cartridge, it has been disabled.

I subscribe to HP's Instant Ink service, and the TOS was VERY clear at sign-up that the cartridges will only work if I continue to pay the monthly fee.

The printer isn't "exposed" to the Internet. The printer connects to an SSL secured HP-operated website. Sitting behind a firewall, the printer is no more "exposed" to the Internet than is your laptop.

Right to repair has nothing to do with this particular issue. The user who tweeted about his printer not working, can immediately rectify the situation by visiting the store and buying new cartridges that weren't given to him as part of the subscription service. The fact that the Twitterverse is enraged about this issue simply reveals the Internet's low IQ.

The service actually does exactly what you wrote: HP sends you a new cartridge, at a very discounted rate, before the one in your printer runs out of ink.

And to sign up, he had to go to the HP website and type his credit card information into the sign-up page. This isn't something that one does by accident.

If you regularly print, this subscription will save you a lot of money on ink costs. If you rarely print, then it won't save you anything--as you mention. But, keep in mind that there are lots of folks (like me) who own a printer because they need to print on a regular basis, and this subscription is the cheapest way to buy HP ink.

ACDSee looks like a fine application; but, I don't need DAM or layered editing; I just need a way to make basic edits, organise my photos, and create albums. Yes, ACDSee can probably do all three of those things, but only at the personal cost to me of having to learn a complicated interface. I've got better things to do with my time.

Definitely, Picasa should be open sourced! There is no other application like it in terms of simplicity and just doing what it needs to do. All it' competitors either do too little or over-reach themselves and do too much. The replacement that google trundled out, Photos, is a 2nd-rate tool that doesn't even attempt to act as a real replacement; rather, it's a competitor of Flikr.

Almost all dual-SIM phones are also affected; i.e., they become single-SIM phones because--except in very new phones--the second SIM uses the 2G network to provide voice ad SMS services they never provided data).

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