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  • It might. I just don't see any use in it. Says a former Linux advocate. Don't get me wrong, I'm writing this on a Debian stable machine, I'd never even think of using anything else for a daily driver and have been doing so for 25 years, but Windows users will be Windows users and I don't see any reason to adapt Linux to their needs. Or to that bundle of vague illusions that they believe to be what they need. The evolution of Windows has produced such a horrible, parasitic product that its' users don't see any other way now than to jump ship. They're mostly lost cases, IMO.

  • After a short search I found a couple of red flags: The manufacturer massively spammed search engines (maybe to hide independent reviews?), despite not providing any support for that specific model at all, just a single page stating it was discontinued and not supported any longer (Lenin-mausoleum class red flag). It turned out to be a "multifunctional device" - so not worth the hassle, anyway. This is probably not going to be too helpful for you as you seem to have decided to waste time (and money) to keep that pile of jumk running, but it might serve as a warning for future readers.
    Your mileage might vary but that MFD I got as a "present" once went straight to the duster after a two hours testing period.

  • Are you sure you need a driver at all? Most somewhat recent printers will work via CUPS driverless protocol. Basically, modern printers all are able to interprete postscript in the same way monitors can handle video frames. "Drivers" are usually just required to read toner status etc.

  • Itali. Sic.Inhabitantes italiae sed non Romae.

  • Wieder einmal vermeidbares Unfallrisiko durch mangelnde Vorsorge. Stützkondome gehören unter jeden Weihnachtsbaum!

  • First of all that's historically nonsense because there were Italians before Rome was founded, secondarily who's that "God" this old Goth is talking about? That mystical owner of America? Can't be because America was discovered almost two millenia later. And who's that guy in the crow costume anyway, some obscure TV comedian?

  • No. I never will. Neither should you. Christmas requires linguini or maybe penne rigate, but certainly not spaghetti. Tss... uncivilized bunch.

  • Depends a lot on the venture. I absolutely hate stadium concerts and prefer locations around with around 1.000 ppl capacity, but saw Black Sabbath at Waldbühne Berlin, with 30k, which was absolutely fine. But that location is really an exception. Best small big concert ever was Judas Priest(!) at Huxley's (about 3000). Mini gig after two sold out nights at the Olympic Stadium, street clothes, no pyros, etc, but a full blown priest set.

  • Astra Kulturhaus, medium hall. Last year they played on the legendary --and sold out- SO36, but I think that won't be big enough this year. Don't know precise numbers but SO36 might have a capacity of~1500 people, Astra is about twice that.

  • They'll be in Germany in February (just found tickets inder the Xmas tree) and I tink they are touring the US before.

  • Thrash Metal @lemmy.world

    Agnostic Front - Echoes in Eternity

  • I was just getting seriously into CAAD, VR and visualization when I switched from NT to 2k - and to Linux on my second machine. I had Blender (still proprietary of NaN, then) importing DXF files via network share and render them in the backgroud while I was working on the next drawing on my W2k machine. Nobody understood what the heck I was doing but the visualisations (and even an animation in real 3D - gasp!) were quite a killer back then...

  • The only two incarnations of Windows I found to be acceptable were NT4 and W2k. Anything later was mostly a step into the wrong direction.

  • I think you're overinterpreting a bit. Actually the MS-droid doesn't really say anything. Just that the taskbar is not movable. Which was exactly the question.Typical evasion strategy.

  • building the taskbar from scratch meant that they had to cherry-pick things to put into the feature list first, and the ability to move the taskbar didn’t make the cut, for several reasons that Microsoft values.

    Translation: Nobody really knows (or wants to take the blame), we probably just forgot to put on the feature list. Anyway, I'll just use the usual vague weasel-words that don't really mean anything.

  • Dozens of packets containing unsafety belts, running scissors and beer explosives were confiscated at....

  • That's what the Platonians want you to believe. Fools! Blind, dumb followers of the Athenian sophistry! Socrates was innocent!

  • Easy. It's Atlantis. Not only Americans would fail here, also ancient Greeks because they located Atlantis somewhere in the Aegean sea where an undersea quake sunk a couple of islands. Claiming Atlantis was lost and can't be found, of course, is cheap. It takes the illuminated mind of a trained alchemist to see the truth behind the blindwork of the temple knights and the dark forces of the Vatican.

  • That's the origninal meaning of "reactionary". Did not expect to see a revival of an ideology from the early 20th century.

  • I'd read a book. One day, if I am really sick. If reading novels makes you feel "unproductive" (you're fucking sick, you're not expected to be productive) read something with practical or educational value.

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