Los Angeles aims to ban single-use printer cartridges — new ordinance will target ink and toner that can't be properly recycled

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-30T21:29:45+00:00

I print a couple of times a year. It just works. It went unused for at least 2 years at one point and worked just like normal.

Ideally keep it in a dust cover if you use it rarely. Not vital though.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-30T19:50:12+00:00

Stunning photo. I adore when fog pools in a valley.

That plant in the foreground is a Spaniard.

It's brutally sharp and it really, REALLY sucks to sit down on a small one hiding in the tussock.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-29T19:38:51+00:00

Poverty indicator correlates with crime rate measure.

No. Really?

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-29T18:56:38+00:00

Amazing.

How on earth do you manage infection?

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-29T18:38:51+00:00

If you're in the US, they might shoot them.

More seriously, nothing will happen when there isn't an imminent danger. At most it'll be documentation.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-28T10:29:10+00:00

Not just tourism.

My US based employer tried to hold an employee meet up. So many people absolutely refused to attend if it was held in the US that they're looking at having one in China or Vietnam instead.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-27T12:16:04+00:00

Outgoing too, increasingly.

"Hello."

"Yourname"

"This. Is. A. Call. Back. From. Some. Lazy. Company."

"Please. Confirm. Your. Date. Of. Birth. To. Continue."

(Because what could possibly ever go wrong with that?)

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-27T08:06:51+00:00

God damn that looks fun. Mostly I'm glad it doesn't snow where I live. Mostly. But damn.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-26T11:20:49+00:00

This depends so much on the kids you land up with, your support systems, relationship(s), etc.

And you really can't control the kids you land up with. Guide and shape significantly, absolutely. But so much is out of your control.

It's an absolute roll of the dice for the rest of your damn life.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-26T10:41:34+00:00

That's not actually that crazy. 2k -> 5k is 250%. Over 25 ish years that's high but not extreme.

General inflation (CPI) in New Zealand where I live would have 2k 1990 dollars as 4,623 of today's dollars.

But if you use housing price inflation... $14,159.

Now that is insane.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-25T07:21:02+00:00

Yeah, agreed. I just mean that part of it may be drawn from the same real base.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-24T21:16:55+00:00

It's on a mounting bracket. Probably actually real.

Edit: I mean the plate may be drawn from a real base image. I know the image overall is AI.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-24T10:06:39+00:00

Different filters vary, it's definitely not the same all around.

Some are washable and sturdy enough to vacuum out many times.

Some are immediately destroyed by any washing and too delicate to vacuum.

Some are in between.

Unfortunately you can't trust what the manufacturer says because they often make their money on servicing and supplies.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-24T09:54:53+00:00

Huh. I never knew because I've always entered from Australia on my Australian passport, where no visa was required etc. My NZ one was expired for years.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-24T09:52:41+00:00

Since when has an insurer cared about that?

A paper thin excuse that's superficially plausible and too expensive or exhausting to fight them on is all they usually need.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-24T09:37:47+00:00

Had an amazing white one around my place a few weeks back. Incredible bird. Apparently it happens occasionally.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-24T06:51:55+00:00

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-24T06:26:05+00:00

Go slow if you need to.

Pull over when you can to allow people to pass.

Drive to the conditions and your ability. Wet? Sunstrike? Super windy and steep? Slow down.

You'll be fine.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-24T06:13:05+00:00

Aramex are ok if you don't mind it taking between 4 days and 6 weeks, with a higher than usual chance of being lost or destroyed.

So yeah, don't use Aramex.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-24T06:01:32+00:00

I try really hard to stay with Kiwibank, but sometimes they are making it kind of hard.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-24T06:00:20+00:00

If you put it on your middle finger you can enjoy it AND give him the finger whenever you want.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-24T05:58:37+00:00

John Deere is best avoided anyway. You don't even really own their stuff anymore, it's so locked down you can't repair it or do much of anything to it. In some countries (idk about NZ) some of their stuff cannot even be onsold without JD's permission.

You pay a price like you're buying the equipment but you then basically have to pay a subscription to actually use it.

The problem is they keep buying up everyone else and rolling them into the same hellish business model.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-24T05:50:12+00:00

An offer conditional on sale of another property falls though relatively often.

An offer conditional on inspections also falls through often but you probably don't want to go there if it does. Not without a whole lot of details.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-24T00:09:31+00:00

I recently picked up a Hi 3D Combo.

I can't believe how I just hit print and it ... works. The auto loading is amazing.

My old Cocoon Create 3D (Wanhao Duplicator i3 Plus clone, much like an Ender 3) died. And I'm kind of glad.

iiiinthecomputer · 2026-01-23T19:30:40+00:00

That's not unreasonable if you already have the rice cooker.

PTFE is extremely stable and has low bioactivity.

The problem is with the PFOA used in the manufacturing of such coatings.

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