Priorities

Nevermind I answered my own question. There are access keys required which gatekeep the updates.

Remember the good old days when you got to decide what updates to install and could just head over downloads.microsoft.com and get them? Pepperidge farm remembers..

I never signed up for esu - are the updates available to download without agreeing to the T&C for ESU?

That graphic looks like the cover of an O'Reilly book

This is dumb. Shell isn't just sitting on their stuff. They're selling it - selling it to people who buy and use it. This is like saying OJ wasn't responsible for what happened, it was the knife manufacturer (but not the distributor or the retailer the ad firm etc)

Jesus believes in the "free beer" kind of free software

Thanks for the link, I was living under a rock I guess.

Why is anything good? Existence isn't a question of value.

What makes your existence any more or less meaningful than a speck of dust in some distant nebula? Does the fact that we breathe, shit, and wax poetic about the hallucinations we derive from our bundles of nerves really amount to anything when we know how impermanent it is? I say no

There is no meaning to life - there is no good or bad for being around at any one time.

Some people try to fill this hole by convincing themselves that service to others, or great accomplishments in their eyes, will somehow tip some cosmic scale and demonstrate/reward their goodness.

The bee doesn't examine it's own life, yet many believe their lives are worth living (because it benefits other life).

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No help here, I guess.

Surveillance tech being installed well away from the border too. The water usage is a real concern. They're going to dry up the aquifer even faster than the data centers.

I always remember him from Event Horizon.

Toner refill kits help with this.

I got sick of the experience that every time I wanted to print, my ink had dried out. So I went on eBay and found an office style Ricoh color laser, scanner, fax combo one. I think I spent about 250 on it.

When the first toner (the first ones are not fully filled) ran out, I bought powder and chips on Amazon. I refilled the cartridges and used the new chips and boom.

Cost for that was like 30 bucks. Official cartridges were hundreds.

Came here to say this.

It isn't the disc that's important, it's the ownership - the ability to make use of your investment without depending on the manufacturer after the sale.

It feels like almost nothing works without Internet connection anymore..