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    [–] EuroNutellaMan 41 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    printing is bad regardless of OS. Learn to draw and type very well and you will never need a printer, also curse everyone that forces you to use printers they should be shunned from society. We will have full digitalisation by bullying if necessary

    [–] chiliedogg 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Printers are something they've actually figured out on the last few years.

    I can go somewhere I've never been, get the login for the network, and print documents from my phone without any downloading drivers, sacrificing goats or anything.

    [–] primrosepathspeedrun 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    you don't know how many drains that sysadmin installed under her altar, do you?

    [–] chiliedogg 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    I hooked up a 2013 printer to my new wifi network, opened a pdf on my phone, clicked "print" and selected the printer from the dropdown list. No driver installation. No special app for the printer. It just works.

    [–] primrosepathspeedrun 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

    ooh, did they sacrifice the goats in the factory? pretty snazzy; i haven't bought any new hardware in years, and this might just be the impetus I need to run out to microcenter.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

    Deferred sacrifice. They still need to be sacrificed. He just doesn’t know when.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    I'm convinced they'll never figure out a practical solution to take technical drawings out to construction sites digitally (battery life, limited screen size, dirt, hazardous atmospheres, the unwillingness of my boss to pay for expensive specialized hardware ....). Other than that I'm with you.

    [–] EuroNutellaMan 3 points 2 months ago

    just don't use technical drawings buildings were meant to be built not drawn, simple as.

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Printers are bad under Windows because Windows supports nothing out of the box

    [–] chiliedogg 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    That's simply not true anymore. Most printers work on windows locally and through a network without any special driver installations these days.

    You can buy a printer, a computer, and a wifi adapter, network them together, and start printing without installing any printer utilities or additional drivers.

    They've come a long way in this area.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

    But they aren't as good as Linux (CUPS)