Comment on Brother denies using firmware updates to brick printers with third-party ink
suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 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.
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 months ago
If there is one, it’s not “bricking”, because it still functions as a printer.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Upvoted for understanding the concept of words having already established definitions
Mac@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Standardized word meanings being recognized and adhered to really brings me joy.
I don’t like that meanings change over time.
BossDj@lemm.ee 2 months ago
“my account got hacked”
No, you gave someone your information they used to log in.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh man, I have bad news for you about living languages…
But no, I know what you mean, I don’t like it either.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ohhhhhhh, standardized word meanings are TIGHT!
brrt@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Where were you when I was being called a pedant? 😅
bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
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.
suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Yeah some folks in here are clearly out of touch with the capabilities of the average consumer.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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”?
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 months ago
There’s no equipment calibration in ecology or life science?
bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Her degrees are ECE and conservation so no.