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The Dreams of Printers (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by other_cat@piefed.zip to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works

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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

True, but does it need to make mysterious clunking noises for three minutes before it starts?

[–] silver@das-eck.haus 36 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's the incantations in printer language that allow the black ~~magic~~ ink to flow

[–] 42Firehawk@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 week ago

As a printer repair tech, I hate how I can recognize happy printer clunks from sad ones. It is not clinking as an offering, but the noises of a skittish animal domesticated far too quickly

[–] emerald@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Rousing its machine spirit

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Praise the Omnisiah