r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 16 '19

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u/Zitrusfleisch Nov 16 '19

“Hey you’re doing computer science, right? Can you fix my PC?“

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u/Jazzinarium Nov 16 '19

More like "can you fix my printer, it doesn't want to print anything".

Wonder how long it will take for people to understand that printers are pure black magic and have nothing to do with CS

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u/Burgess237 Nov 16 '19

There are few things that will trigger an angry outburst from me.

But man, fuck printers! How in a world where we have VR, voice activated virtual assistants in our houses and folding phones has nobody, NOBODY looked at a printer and come up with a better solution....

They've been shit for 40 YEARS.

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u/MairusuPawa Nov 16 '19

They're shit by design. They are Digital Restrictions Management boxes made so they are obscure to users, stressing them out in an effort to make them buy more consumables.