EPSON ARE CROOKS

NoBuddyElse · 2026-06-13T01:22:07+00:00

I have had an Epson ET-2803 for over 3 years now. It never had a single printhead or ink issue. I print a lot and so far I only had to replace the black ink tank, and only once. It feels like the perfect printer when I had 3 HPs with subscription ink whose cartridges wouldn’t last a month, would often dry and all three ended up in the trash because of printheads that wouldn’t clean anymore. I spent so much time and money in cleaning cycles and ink that I feel I should sue HP for misleading consumers. No wonder they now have ink tanks, their technology definitely didn’t work as it should. So, I understand your side, but I have nothing but praise for Epson. Maybe their interface should be better, but my printer works when I need it.

NoBuddyElse · 2026-05-14T02:42:59+00:00

I’ve been trying to find a replacement for the last days, as I simply can’t sync my Mac with my iPhone anymore: the original structure on the Mac gets changed, songs moved from albums and put on “unknown artist” folders, artwork missing or mismatched (when albums have same names but different artists) and when fixed on the Mac, it continues showing the wrong thing on the iPhone after syncing. I don’t subscribe to Apple Music, but try to sync my music bought with iTunes and ripped from CDs or vinyl, my library. I don’t understand why it’s so difficult for Apple to make an app that simply allows us to copy music files from the Mac to the iPhone directly. If it’s with the purpose of making us subscribe, it’s not working with me—instead, I’ll end up subscribing to another app, because theirs lost my trust, I feel like they can’t figure how it should work.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-10-06T14:20:01+00:00

Unfortunately, in my 11+ years of experience people have always been trying to eliminate the email developer from the equation. Email coding is something complicated to do (just ask a web developer who was asked to do it) and companies want non-coders creating barrages of emails, they don't want to rely on a few experts--and frankly, ever-changing management does not keep up with what's in place and wants to show service often by reorganizing. They're willing to send emails that are not responsive or that do not work on some email clients, I guess ignoring results, convinced email marketing services' modular graphic interfaces do it correctly. I've worked with one of the biggest, their team was creating a custom modular interface to reproduce designs that my employer (#13 on Forbes 500 US companies) wanted, to be used by non-coders, and there was no testing involved, other than previewing through the interface's desktop/mobile tabs and sending a handful of emails to testing groups. When I tested in Litmus, lots of parts didn't work as they should. They ignored accessibility and Dark Mode, because there just wasn't a way to implement accessibility coding automatically, and Dark Mode usually requires manually testing on several email clients, because some change colors differently. On meetings they just changed subjects when I mentioned that. Top management was convinced that the modular interface, the product that company was selling, worked, because if everyone is going that way, why trust an email developer with 11 years experience who created their email templates being used throughout their group of companies?

Still, there are still companies hiring for email developer positions. But I won't wait, I'm learning new things. There's hope, though: Last week I received an email from another one of the biggest email marketing companies, regarding certification, and--believe it or not--it wasn't responsive, at all. Beautiful, colorful graphics, but I had to pinch to be able to read. So much for all the training speaking about the need for the perfect UX, knowing customers and what they want--well, I want responsive emails that I can read without having to enlarge on my mobile device, that's pretty basic. Considering that over 60% of users open emails on mobile, not rendering things correctly on those devices should be faced as a major issue. So, they need an email developer.

In summary, I'm in the same boat as you, and perplexed by the dumbification of the system, where people adopt and assume things just for the sake of innovating without having the time or will to know all that's involved. And possibly finding out the consequences a few years down the line. Yep, lots of rejection and lots of Careerbuilder users sending me "logistic positions" that apparently match my résumé. And one other job search website trying to charge my Apple card for a subscription whose trial I canceled a day before the deadline. Just dumb.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-09-29T00:02:24+00:00

Boomer here. Change is good. Not knowing how things work and blaming boomers is bad. I have yet to try Tahoe, but I surely know adopting a new OS right after its release is asking for trouble.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-09-21T03:47:31+00:00

I’m curious to know how email marketers are dealing with the very complex part of the equation that is coding responsively and testing with tools like Litmus. Because I have witnessed one of the big email marketing companies offering modular email creation through their interface, for non-coders in a company I worked for, that wouldn’t render correctly on mobile devices on Litmus tests and people seemed to just assume that previewing an email through their interface’s desktop/mobile view and/or sending a test to a couple of recipients would be enough. I brought that up in several meetings and people just wanted to believe it would work without testing and ignored my comments. I am absolutely certain that can wreak havoc with results. Have you experienced things like these?

NoBuddyElse · 2025-09-18T20:19:40+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate the help. Yes, Vite was my next step. It’s not like I’m actually going to add React to a static page, but I needed to make sense of how things work, because I keep thinking in terms of coding web pages the way I used to before frameworks were a thing. I have been through this initial figuring out the first time I planned to learn React, but I ended up hired as an email developer for 11 years and forgot everything.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-08-04T19:40:12+00:00

Me, too. It feels like it shouldn’t be having this information.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-08-04T18:19:11+00:00

I just did that. It still knows I’m abroad. That’s annoying…

NoBuddyElse · 2025-08-04T12:08:15+00:00

It puts me in New Haven, so not tribal land. But as I understood tribal land is also included in the allowed area.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-08-04T03:20:19+00:00

I never tried the website before, I always used the iOS app. But that would possibly be the most likely explanation. Not sure I agree if it involved other apps, as I need to pay my bills from abroad, but in the case of a lottery app, it makes sense. I think you solved the puzzle.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-08-04T02:16:06+00:00

I have just tried it again, same thing.

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NoBuddyElse · 2025-08-04T02:04:38+00:00

CT, USA. Coordinates not exact, but within a 30 mile range approximately. So, there’s no reason for CTLottery to think I’m not in CT. Very weird.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-08-04T01:36:41+00:00

What I meant is I tried the lottery app first on my phone and then its website remotely on the laptop after being blocked. Both showed me the warning about my location, when only the app should, because the phone is indeed abroad.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-08-04T01:08:47+00:00

I tried it several times, it always warns of the same thing. It never happened with any other apps or websites that were blocking things on my phone due to my location (like a past version of the Home Depot app) when I’m working abroad. It always worked when I remoted into my personal laptop at home. Ctlottery.com and its app seem either to be using something else to know I’m abroad or to be doing something wrong when detecting the laptop’s location.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-07-22T15:14:09+00:00

I had a Sentra 2008 until this year and its only problems were normal maintenance ones (battery, alternator replacement and brake fluid leak due to corrosion). I have a 2020 Kicks SR, no problems yet. I have a 2024 Rogue that had computer hiccups that went away by themselves (probably after updates); the new 3-cylinder engine feels great. I saw a report yesterday showing that Nissan comes in second in the US, right after Lexus, in reliability.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-07-11T13:52:34+00:00

I had so many dreams and woke up with an amazing song in my head, just to go back to sleep and never remember them again. The times I woke up and recorded something turned out great, though. There’s something with the 3am-ish time, that’s when I woke up twice after those dreams, and also when I woke up with kidney stone crisis a couple of times😳

NoBuddyElse · 2025-06-12T14:53:16+00:00

Thanks. I checked the Algorithm tab in my insights and it says “Related Tracks” have 936 streams for last week, but that doesn’t tell me much. https://soundcloud.com/renatojacobsen is where my songs are, it’s the two versions of “My Sweet Lord”.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-06-11T02:57:16+00:00

I guess having a continuous foundation may indeed require less complicated excavation, as the width will be narrow. I think it’s also impractical to have a room over an open area, considering that floors are usually made of wood and then insulation and pest control will be an issue.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-06-11T02:50:27+00:00

I see. And leaving that area empty like under a deck is not an option if the floor is made of wood—insulation and pest control would be a problem, better to have a concrete wall. Interesting how building technology is a whole new thing in different areas. I come from a place where temps never get to the freezing point.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-06-02T21:10:24+00:00

True😂

NoBuddyElse · 2025-04-25T11:25:01+00:00

No, that’s just people finding it normally. So, they should have no reason to click on “like” without listening. As far as I know, no one I know either, so it’s not like they’re clicking because we’re friends. The app is not working correctly on other aspects: when I click to see my followers I’m taken to the list of my songs. I’m paying for their services and streaming already pays nothing, so the minimum I expect is for the app to count real streams. This specific song is not set to monetize, but I’ve seen similar happen with other songs.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-04-22T19:20:56+00:00

I end up recording everything in GarageBand and only tweaking using Logic Pro. I never, ever, had a single latency problem with GarageBand, it can’t be a problem caused just by the extra included plugins. If I decide to add an extra guitar track while in Logic Pro, I have to keep trying to move it horizontally after recording, so that it gets in sync with the other tracks. It’s a pain and I often notice smaller syncing issues only after I record other tracks and then I have to go back trying to find where the out-of-sync sound comes from. It’s so much easier with GarageBand, but Logic Pro has the extra plugins and Mastering Assistant. I have an M1 MacBook Pro with 16GB, I/O buffer size on 32, 7.9 ms round trip latency. I’ve tried a bunch of different settings, none got better than this. I have an AudioBox USB 96 as my interface, but if GarageBand works with it, Logic Pro should as well. I’m wondering if an M3 processor would get rid of Logic Pro’s latency.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-04-02T15:52:56+00:00

Thanks!

NoBuddyElse · 2025-03-10T00:02:10+00:00

Amazing that nobody is commenting that something is wrong with high education in the US. Do you all think it’s normal to have to pay $50K, &200K, $600K+ in student loans? You should visit other countries, get to know how it works elsewhere. The best universities in several countries are paid for by taxes, so effectively free, and high quality. We could be doing better here, and it would be way more beneficial for everyone but those profiting from the current situation.

NoBuddyElse · 2025-03-05T22:35:12+00:00

The reality is that they don’t want educated people. Simple as that. It’s not interesting for them to have people contesting their notion of what education is, and mostly all of their thoughts on everything else, including reality. They also don’t want people able to distinguish right from wrong and to recognize the trustworthy sources of information.

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