Comment on Brother denies using firmware updates to brick printers with third-party ink
suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 17 hours 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 17 hours ago
If there is one, it’s not “bricking”, because it still functions as a printer.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Upvoted for understanding the concept of words having already established definitions
Mac@mander.xyz 12 hours ago
Standardized word meanings being recognized and adhered to really brings me joy.
I don’t like that meanings change over time.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 hour 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.
BossDj@lemm.ee 12 hours ago
“my account got hacked”
No, you gave someone your information they used to log in.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Ohhhhhhh, standardized word meanings are TIGHT!
brrt@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
Where were you when I was being called a pedant? 😅
bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 11 hours 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.
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 hour ago
There’s no equipment calibration in ecology or life science?