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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chilis 🌶⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
In that case, you can use red chili peppers, but feel free to substitute any chili pepper to your taste.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Huh, guess you are right
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Easy! Assuming the earth is the center of the universe, coordinates are 360,360

± the current position of the Earth in the solar system ± the current position of the solar system in the Milky Way. In the Local Cluster, in the Local Group, in the Virgo Supercluster, in the Local Mesh

In order to return, we just go that way: Image
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
It’s the truth. 2 weeks of vacation, 6 sick days (the last two are write-ups), and 6 holidays are not enough.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Black printhead was clogged. I replace it and now the color printhead is completely missing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Thanks. Fixed
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Black printhead was clogged. I replace it and now the color printhead is completely missing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I could see this working, but it’s a ton of effort to maintain. If you have the right mindset, after organized enough, and have the space, I guess it will work.

My other beef is just cost in general. At 500 pages for CMYK each, and $20 a cartridge, that’s $80 for 500 pages. You get about 10x the yield for the same cost with third party toner. Even if you were buying OEM toner at 4x the price, you are still getting 2.5x the yield for the same cost.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Black printhead was clogged. I replace it and now the color printhead is completely missing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Funny enough, that was the last model I had to do that to, a 9000 series. We had several, but they are dying off steadily to print head failure errors. Reminds me of the Whack-a-Mole scandal.

I would 100% buy a used enterprise printer if I could get a proper deal on it, but that is because I have been a certified HP printer tech and have fixed hundreds of printers. If you count receipt printers and other brands of office printer, I have probably touched over a thousand for anything from rebuilds to jams. There was a year when I rebuilt 10-20 printers a week as part of a schedule.

Anyhow, what I’m getting at isn’t that they are better built or anything like that. There just happens to be enough third party vendors that you never have to pay them a cent to keep a printer running. Someone else already paid them the 2-6k for the printer, and it’s e-waste if it goes into the dump. I can ship of Thesius it indefinitely, even if I have to buy parts from God knows where.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Black printhead was clogged. I replace it and now the color printhead is completely missing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
The M477fdw is pretty solid. You can find parts and manuals aplenty for that.

Definitely check before you buy a used HP to see if there is a firmware lockout for toner. I have seen other newer models complain about counterfeit toner and still print.

That being said, I endorse HP printers. They are anti-competitive and have terrible software.

No problems with their enterprise desktops, but again, buy used!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Black printhead was clogged. I replace it and now the color printhead is completely missing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
My routine for unclogging a printhead is to get 99% IPA, blot the head on a paper towel and then drag the head down a sheet of paper until it is leaking ink. As an IT guy, I have recovered several ink cartridges this way.

After you have done this, do several prints until the ink flows properly.

If you have the ability to do so, you should look into buying a used laser printer. The toner is more expensive upfront, but you don’t have these issues and total cost of ownership is significantly cheaper.

Word of warning, do not buy consumer HP printers. These only exist to make you purchase HP toner.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Insulin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It’s no longer about saving money at that point.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Insulin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Not sure about that, and not sure if I could trust that.

Another option is to have the doctor prescribe insulin pens or another brand of the same kind of insulin. It’s technically a different prescription and the insurance company usually covers it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Insulin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Insulin is not permanently shelf stable, and will still expire in the fridge.

Diabetics usually start with a long-acting insulin to keep blood sugar from naturally rising plus a fast-acting insulin for corrections and to compensate for food.

The old style of just giving 2 long-acting shots of mixed insulin is mostly obsolete, except for legacy patients, some pregnant patients, and other special cases I can only theorize.

A good number of diabetics only use fast acting insulin in a pump, receiving microdoses every minute.

To switch brands of insulin, much less therapies in any circumstance requires a doctor’s visit.

With all that said, the insurance company will often replace a medication in the event of an accident, typically only once a year.

Without that, a patient might be able to find a charity they will assist them.

You also may be able to travel to the next state over where the cost of insulin is regulated.

Failing all other options, it is better to check yourself in to the hospital as your sugar begins to rise and tell them that you cannot control your blood sugar.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A blog re-used one of my Reddit posts as a genuine comment on their blog⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Along with the other comments, your review may have been supplied or archived well before you obfuscated your history.

As I tell my daughters, the Internet is forever.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does a community called no stupid questions allow comments that say the question is stupid?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Well, that’s comforting. I was mildly concerned about my memory.

Guess I’m do my part in the future.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does a community called no stupid questions allow comments that say the question is stupid?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Outside of your question, there has been some rage bait:

lemmyverse.link/lemmy.world/post/38413203

I think it would be appropriate for these conversations to be flagged and locked. I thought there was a lot more, but it seems to have been a while.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Lucky for me, my kids are past it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Also no Roblox, if you were still on the fence.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Goodbye Windows, goodbye nvidia and sadly goodbye EVGA.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
9060 here. I’m sure you already have a distro picked, but I found Fedora quite good for gaming.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fragile masculinity⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
If you have a botanical garden nearby, you could see if they’ll adopt them. You could also check with any greenhouses.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨all hail to the comment section⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
No joke, my dog is very sick and I should have taken him to the vet when he stopped eating. Instead I took the long route and now he’s in the hospital.

Good news is he’s feeling much better today!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨all hail to the comment section⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Thank you for this. I have been having a very bad day and this straightened me out.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are computer chips designed?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
It took one hour for you to reply, and another for me to reply to you. Op may eventually return.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where is modern Punk?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Pop ate punk.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear God⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Nukenado.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chicago elementary teacher mocks Charlie Kirk’s assassination with vile gun gesture at No Kings protest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Hell yeah. Even if the government protects you, you are still liable to be shot in front of a crowd.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chicago elementary teacher mocks Charlie Kirk’s assassination with vile gun gesture at No Kings protest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Whoa, speech crimes. Someone call the police!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Technically correct, but in this case I’m wondering what is stopping fusion from continuing longer than about 20 minutes.

Is it like rail gun technology, where the hardware fails after so much use and there is no realistic way to keep it in tolerance?

Are we having trouble keeping a balance between fuel and the reaction, causing it to fizzle out or breach containment?

Is the fuel actually too expensive?

Is all this ok and we are now stuck with a scaling issue where the reaction can sustain itself, but we can’t actually use it to boil more than a kettle.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
I was expecting more progress after the two big fusion times recently. My question now is what is limiting these reactions.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner, who claims AI will “reach or exceed human capacity” by 2027

Sure, but is that before or after full self driving cars?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Viral ‘Cheater Buster’ Sites Use Facial Recognition to Let Anyone Reveal Peoples’ Tinder Profiles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
You can spell, but that would slow down conversation significantly. I get frustrated sometimes when people talk too slow, so I think I would just end up blurting it out.