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[jaylach]

I always felt the two best operating systems MS put out were 2000 and 7.

 

[jaylach]

Sigh, why is it that I can change all 6 of my printer cartridges without a speck on my hands except for black? With one of the black cartridges I always end up with ink on my fingers. My Canon TS 8220 printer has both pigment and dye based black ink.

Actually I wish I could get an Epson ink tank printer but I print out higher quality photos for display and the 4 ink tanks on an Epson just can't match the 6 cartridges on my Canon.

 

[MattW]

Sigh, why is it that I can change all 6 of my printer cartridges without a speck on my hands except for black? With one of the black cartridges I always end up with ink on my fingers. My Canon TS 8220 printer has both pigment and dye based black ink.

Actually I wish I could get an Epson ink tank printer but I print out higher quality photos for display and the 4 ink tanks on an Epson just can't match the 6 cartridges on my Canon.

I can't even remember the last time I changed a cartridge on a printer! I have seen that cartridge prices have shot up though

I'm in the process of picking out a new monitor for my parents' pc. The old PC was an all-in-one PC, so we thought we could just use the monitor via HDMI. Turns out Lenovo arent very smart when it comes to simplicity. The AIO PC has to be turned on to even use the monitor (no separate power). So it will be the power of two PC's just to even turn it on and use! We've been looking into the Samsung Essential line. Specifically, the S40GD 24". Seen good things about it, 100Hz RR, CAT C EEC, and easy eye saver mode, perfect for office work. Just got to wait for it to come back into stock. Also need to upgrade their new PC to win11. Would a GTX 960 compromise that at all? Or is the wall between upgrading from W10 to W11 CPU-based? I'll also have to do a fair-sized file transfer of around 450GB between the new and old AIO PC.

 

[jaylach]

Just finishing up on system updates with my Asus laptop being last with Linux Mint. Having 6 physical systems with one dual booting between Windows 11 and MacOS makes for7 updates to go through.

Got rid of my last two virtual Machines removing Windows 8.1 and 7. I figured why have them when I never use?

 

[jaylach]

And Google gets busted again...

Google misled users about their privacy and now owes them $425m, says court

A court has ordered Google to pay $425m in a class action lawsuit after it was found to have misled users about their online privacy.

www.malwarebytes.com

 

[anewbie]

And Google gets busted again...

Google misled users about their privacy and now owes them $425m, says court

A court has ordered Google to pay $425m in a class action lawsuit after it was found to have misled users about their online privacy.

www.malwarebytes.com

The problem is these penalties are too low. Why should google give a crap about violating privacy if they make many many billions and then give 0.5% back ?

 

[jaylach]

The problem is these penalties are too low. Why should google give a crap about violating privacy if they make many many billions and then give 0.5% back ?

I totally agree. That 425 million needs a few more zeros.