That case doesn’t look very protective. But I bet that kickstand would be useful. The only thing I put on my SD was a Deckmate (now Mechanism) system and their kickstand.
Didn’t even put a screen protector on it which I do for everything. Mostly because I got the OG 512GB model with the etched glass and any protector is going to make the matte glass glossy.
But buying a second printer would make my current 2yr investment a waste so savings would be a wash.
Also I do need color sometimes making the HP the better value until they start charging more for color.
Definitely will consider it when this printer dies though.
I choose to use Instant Ink because I don’t print a lot and it still beats buying the carts. HP ships them to me for free and automatically before I run out and gives me return postage for the empties to be recycled.
They also don’t have different rates for B/W and Color so I just print everything in color.
I dont stress over $1/mo (or $1.50/mo if this increase hits me). I’ve had this printer for 2yrs on the cheapest plan and I’ve still not paid the full price of a set of cartridges.
I’m sure I’ll be down votes for saying anything positive about the program but whatever. It works fine for me.
Of course they disable the cartridge. You’re paying for ink on a subscription. If you didn’t pay for cart in full, why should you be able to use the rest of it? That’s literally what you signed up for. Otherwise everyone would get a full cartridge for $1.
If you don’t want to do ink-cart-layaway, don’t sign up and buy the cartridge.
Disabling mid-month is a scam though.
Great! So I can’t use a hitbox on street fighter or my choice of racing/flight sim rig in games that aren’t first person shooters because of a problem that affects a genre I’m not even playing.
What a great solution that’s not far-reaching, extremely heavy handed, and has a great potential for Microsoft to milk customers and small businesses alike! /s
A lot of devices are just adapters to allow you to play fighting, racing sim, flight sim, rhythm games with controllers from other platforms because these niche genres are even smaller on Xbox and go completely ignored by large accessories companies.
That’s not going to change once these devices are blocked. It’s a very heavy handed (and potentially lucrative) approach to stopping FPS cheaters.
They were making strides with the FGC getting SF6 and adding Guilty Gear Strive to Gamepass and then do this. Makes no sense.
I don’t disagree with anything you’re saying, but I’m talking about new cars. Outside of profiting off of EV rebates as someone else mentioned, I don’t know of anyone buying new cars to flip. Which is why talking to people about immediate depreciation seems silly to me.
I also don’t understand the whole “it depreciates in value” angle. Yes, everything I buy new depreciates in value once it is no longer new. I’m not buying a car to immediately sell it. So who cares?
Are there people out there flipping cars like they do with houses? Maybe tell those people.
I bought my car new and people told me the same thing. I’m still driving it 13yrs later and have had no major maintenance issues; only regular maintenance like oil, tire rotation, lube etc. The most expensive thing I’ve put into it are new tires.
I’ll buy my next car new again and do the same thing.
“Tipping culture” is a very reductive way to describe a living wage, but sure. Go you.
Because giving grief to the workers doesn’t trickle up to the owners. They make the same money regardless.
You can give shit to the owners while making sure workers make a living wage. These things are not related.
If you don’t want to tip, then don’t tip. But still give grief to the owners. If everyone shit on the owners as much as the staff things would change.
Business owners need to pay their damn employees and stop using the registers to beg customers for more money.
And how exactly are you getting that message across by stiffing your fellow workers? Business owner makes the same money regardless.
I always tip. Not because the service was good or whatever. No one should have to earn a living being a circus monkey. Everyone deserves dignity at work. And everyone deserves a living wage.
By not supporting the worker, you’re playing into the game set up ny business owners and CEOs which is to foster an environment of in-fighting of the working class so they can continue to hoard wealth they don’t need.
So yeah, I’ll always tip and then I give grief to the owner to pay their employees as you say. Because it’s them who sets up that worker-on-worker fight club because that’s where the grief needs to go. Not the person trying to live on meager wages and deal with shitty customers.
Cashiers also have their place, for when you have larger checkouts and what have you.
In my grocery stores they’ve gone so far as making self checkouts with conveyor belts so you can do those large checkouts yourself.
I refuse to use them. If I have a couple small items, then sure self-checkout makes sense. I don’t get cost savings, but I do get the convenience of a speedy checkout; faster than the single express lane they used to have.
But I’ll be damed if I’m going to be a free cashier for them and scan an entire cart load of groceries and get nothing in return. At the very least pay for a bagger, wtf. Those are the real job killers right there.
I have too many…I’ll pick my favorite lessons as they’re all kind of related
Don’t stay at a job too long. Eventually, you’ll be training a new hire that makes more than you and they’ll probably be your replacement.
It only takes a couple promotions before your career development stagnates usually because you’ll always be seen as the person you were when you started. Get a new job elsewhere with a title higher than the place you left and that becomes your new baseline. Repeat every few years.
If you want to earn more money, get a new job. Bonuses magically dry up. And your yearly performance increase won’t ever keep up with inflation. Even lateral moves at a different company can mean decent salary inceease as market rate changes over time. (This doesn’t always work with a lateral move so shoot for a higher position).
Don’t sweat the specifics for job requirements in postings. They’re not expecting someone that hits every bullet point. That would be dream candidate that doesn’t exist. If you’re at least familiar with what they’re asking for and can pick it up, then you’re good. Most of the time you’re trained on the job anyway. Just demonstrate you’re competent.
(Oops didn’t realize this was a CS / programming community. Hopefully some of this still applies)