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minus-squaresuburban_hillbilly@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up101arrow-down21·2 months ago …they just make you do manual registration if you use third party toner Man, if only we had a word for disabling critical features in this way.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up124arrow-down9·2 months agoIf there is one, it’s not “bricking”, because it still functions as a printer.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down6·2 months agoUpvoted for understanding the concept of words having already established definitions
minus-squarebrrt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoWhere were you when I was being called a pedant? 😅
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoIt’s a very mutable word due to it’s metaphorical nature. It’s certainly not set in stone.
minus-squarebane_killgrind@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·2 months agoSo on one hand, yes. On the other hand, there are tasks that are onerous to non technicians. If you asked me to do it manually, sure. I’ve interacted with a bunch of software, understand measurement systems, done some programming etc. My wife on the other hand… There’s no overlap between ecology or life sciences in this task. Outside her ability.
minus-squaresuburban_hillbilly@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoYeah some folks in here are clearly out of touch with the capabilities of the average consumer.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoDo we really need to define things in terms of what the average person is capable of? Especially when the biggest barrier seems to be “willingness to put a small amount of effort into learning a simple process”?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoYes. It’s called the Network Effect. People use discord because people use discord.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThere’s no equipment calibration in ecology or life science?
minus-squarebane_killgrind@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoHer degrees are ECE and conservation so no.
Man, if only we had a word for disabling critical features in this way.
If there is one, it’s not “bricking”, because it still functions as a printer.
Upvoted for understanding the concept of words having already established definitions
Where were you when I was being called a pedant? 😅
It’s a very mutable word due to it’s metaphorical nature. It’s certainly not set in stone.
So on one hand, yes. On the other hand, there are tasks that are onerous to non technicians.
If you asked me to do it manually, sure. I’ve interacted with a bunch of software, understand measurement systems, done some programming etc.
My wife on the other hand… There’s no overlap between ecology or life sciences in this task. Outside her ability.
Yeah some folks in here are clearly out of touch with the capabilities of the average consumer.
Do we really need to define things in terms of what the average person is capable of? Especially when the biggest barrier seems to be “willingness to put a small amount of effort into learning a simple process”?
Yes. It’s called the Network Effect. People use discord because people use discord.
There’s no equipment calibration in ecology or life science?
Her degrees are ECE and conservation so no.