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'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award (www.pcgamer.com)
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Didn't GNU project start because of a printer?

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

I know of at least two professionals who make their notes with a Remarkable to pdf. Personal printers can go away.

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    Oh damn well if 2 people are doing it in your industry, printers must be useless to everyone!

    When I worked in the field I carried a laptop but still mostly worked off of paper. Paper-sized ectronics are pretty useless on ladders and plans are too hard to read on a phone. Paper can also fold and go in a pocket

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    You missunderstood, one is a psychiatrist, the other a social-something. I just say it's a thing already.

    No, i don't see how paper is a neccesity in your examples. And i did work in a company for a while, creating software for phones/tablets/notebooks for exatly those usecases, optimizing workflows in industry. Especially plans can be vastly more useful in digital form, look up IFC format.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    You don't see how paper would be significantly easier to use when you're on top of a ladder splicing wires?

    Or how it might be preferable to a touch screen on a dirty construction site?

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    And i did work in a company for a while, creating software for phones/tablets/notebooks for exatly those usecases, optimizing workflows in industry. Especially plans can be vastly more useful in digital form, look up IFC format.

    No, they don't. And they won't, unless they work on a dirty construction site on top of a ladder wearing protective gloves themselves. Or have to actually use plans.

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    And i did work in a company for a while, creating software for phones/tablets/notebooks for exatly those usecases, optimizing workflows in industry. Especially plans can be vastly more useful in digital form, look up IFC format.

    No, they don't. And they won't, unless they work on a dirty construction site on top of a ladder wearing protective gloves themselves. Or have to actually use plans.

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