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stop giving money to hp, throw it away and get a printer from brother
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SO DEMANDING posted:stop giving money to hp, throw it away and get a printer from brother
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Jun 5, 2022 07:40
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this reads like something out of a Philip k dick story. in short, SO DEMANDING posted:stop giving money to hp, throw it away and get a printer from brother
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Jun 5, 2022 08:10
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SO DEMANDING posted:stop giving money to hp, throw it away and get a printer from brother i didn’t read any of the problems but this is the correct answer
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Jun 5, 2022 15:27
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hp makes you subscribe to them to print? 
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Jun 5, 2022 17:16
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i bought a brother laser for home use in 2013 when i started law school. this motherfucker is still trucking and will be replaced with a near identical model whenever it finally gives up the ghost.
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Jun 5, 2022 17:16
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Mr. Nice! posted:hp makes you subscribe to them to print? their consumer-grade printers requires you to first connect them to the internet because gently caress you. the ink subscription is optional but of course HP will do everything they can to get you to click YES or whatever. after they get online you can change them to just print over USB. they even ship them with a plastic plug in the USB port and a warning sticker to not plug it in before getting the printer online. for at least some of them you can still download a basic driver and print right away over USB without any bullshit but clearly there's a bunch of pitfalls and the conclusion remains the same: don't buy HP inkjets
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Jun 6, 2022 01:01
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SO DEMANDING posted:stop giving money to hp, throw it away and get a printer from brother this is what i did
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Jun 6, 2022 05:17
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where does windows, like, store bluetooth device data? i'm having a problem connecting my dualshock 4 over bluetooth to windows 11. this is the same controller and bluetooth adapter i have used a lot on this pc and this win11 and everything, but i was using it with something else and now windows refuses to connect to it. it's a bt4.0 bcm20702 based usb adapter and a dualshock 4 v2. if i boot into linux it pairs and works perfectly fine, and it works fine in macos, and on a ps4, but win11 refuses. i've gone in and removed the controller from the "devices and printers" list, removed it from device manager, deleted the keys from the registry and searched the registry and deleted anything with the controller's address in it, but it doesn't work. what happens is normally you go to add device, put the controller in pairing mode, it shows up on the list and you choose it, windows then connects. what is actually happening is when i go to add device, as soon as i get the controller in pairing mode the controller immediately pops up in the device list as paired, and it usually doesn't show up in the add device list, and despite windows claiming it's paired, the controller never connects and it doesn't work. the few times it does show up and i can choose it, windows just almost immediately says some unhelpful poo poo like "please try to connect your device again". like i said, i've used this controller over bluetooth on this install of windows many times before so i know it should work, and it all does work in linux on the same hardware. also, i am able to connect other devices over bluetooth in windows without a problem, it's only this specific controller, and i can confirm that this is a genuine sony ds4. since the controller keeps coming back as "paired" when i try to connect, even though i've removed it from the device listings, i'm thinking windows still has something somewhere listing this as a paired device. i think some bt adapters save internal lists of connected devices (maybe?) but i don't think this one does. otherwise i'm not sure what the problem is. any ideas?
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Jun 12, 2022 17:22
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computer problem success stories, sort of: was never really able to figure out what was preventing windows from sleeping or how to fix it, but got a PCI USB expansion to get more USB C ports. plugging stuff into the A ports instead of the motherboard ports lets windows sleep vov
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Jun 12, 2022 17:57
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Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:
this isn’t really a solution to the problem you’re asking for BUT I was in your boat and I got an xbox controller (current gen but not the fancy one) and using it in windows is night and day. having native support makes life a million times better and the controller is also just extremely great it was a good solution for me at least
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Jun 12, 2022 20:07
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install linux
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Jun 12, 2022 22:36
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echinopsis posted:this isn’t really a solution to the problem you’re asking for BUT I was in your boat and I got an xbox controller (current gen but not the fancy one) and using it in windows is night and day. having native support makes life a million times better and the controller is also just extremely great i mean yea that would fix my controller needs, i already have a powera xbox one controller but i really prefer the dualshock 4. also at this point this has become a stubborn "i will get this working" thing Tankakern posted:install linux i literally have !!
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Jun 12, 2022 23:16
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good
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Jun 12, 2022 23:45
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xbox controller on windows is good. i went back to my ancient 360 era windows usb one cos i got sick of dealing with batteries and wireless issues (altho those were pretty minor) and it’s very needs suiting i kinda keep meaning to buy a new gen xbox controller, they seem slick and are bluetooth and i like the blue one, but what i have now is Good Enough
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Jun 13, 2022 00:04
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poo poo yeah i got it working at some point windows detected it as "unknown device" and after removing that, it started pairing properly again. i have no idea what i did to fix it, tho
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Jun 13, 2022 00:40
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Gentle Autist posted:m it does suck that you need to fork out for the battery pack for rechargeable but once you’ve done that you’ve got an extremely nudes suiting controller Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:xbox one controller but i really prefer the dualshock 4. weird to prefer something worse but that’s ok
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Jun 13, 2022 03:50
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echinopsis posted:it does suck that you need to fork out for the battery pack for rechargeable but once you’ve done that you’ve got an extremely nudes suiting controller drat i need to get the rechargeable battery pack, burning through AAs like it's no ones business
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Jun 13, 2022 09:47
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defo coz it’s such a good controller and that’s the cherry on top
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Jun 13, 2022 14:40
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SO DEMANDING posted:stop giving money to hp, throw it away and get a printer from brother you misspelled "brothers"  (we brought a new guy into the department last year and now he's got half the department calling them "brothers" printers)
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Jun 13, 2022 17:28
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just use your brother’s printer. we are all brother in solidarity against rapacious capital
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Jun 14, 2022 11:25
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echinopsis posted:defo coz it’s such a good controller and that’s the cherry on top try the xbone “elite” controller… once I got over the l337-ness of it (and the price), it’s by far the best controller I’ve ever used. The 4 paddle buttons on the back are a total game changer
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Jun 23, 2022 00:54
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I dunno I like the dualshock layout more myself Also I couldn't get the pairing to work for months on win 11, then I tried again last week after reading this thread and, well, it worked? Huh.
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Jun 23, 2022 02:27
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you're welcome
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Jun 23, 2022 05:41
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namlosh posted:try the xbone “elite” controller… once I got over the l337-ness of it (and the price), it’s by far the best controller I’ve ever used. The 4 paddle buttons on the back are a total game changer hmm I have been toying with a second controller so maybe me and kids can play game against each other. can two controllers join to the same bluetooth dongle? Private Speech posted:I dunno I like the dualshock layout more myself its worse once I was using the xbox controller and I was moving my character around with the left stick (which isn't on the same back-front plane as it is with the playstation controller) and I needed to use the d-pad, and right then I realised the genius of the design, because I could keep left thumb on left stick, and use right thumb on d-pad effortlessly. this move is awkward on playstation controller
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Jun 23, 2022 22:58
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it’s not genius design it’s exceedingly obvious design the ps controllers are just like that cos sony rushed out an original psone controller with analogue sticks bolted on after nintendo proved analogue controls were good with sm64. for some reason sony has not moved the primary control to the resting position of the left thumb in the interning 25 years
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Jun 25, 2022 22:15
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how is the right and left thumb any different? isn't it just symmetric
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Jun 25, 2022 22:42
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your right thumb is on on the buttons your left thumb is on the stick
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Jun 25, 2022 22:59
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microsoft is the only company to ever make good controllers and it started before the xbox with the sidewinder line
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Jun 25, 2022 23:06
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the only one to come close was the gamecube controller which was passable.
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Jun 25, 2022 23:07
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i can't imagine playing commander keen on anything but a gravis gamepad (no stick in the middle (long lost))
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Jun 25, 2022 23:08
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mostly the gamecube controller had the right idea that differentiating the buttons would work better for 95% of games, and more or less the same for the rest.
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Jun 25, 2022 23:09
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my game controller has 104 buttons - possible bumper sticker
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Jun 25, 2022 23:22
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Sniep posted:i can't imagine playing commander keen on anything but a gravis gamepad (no stick in the middle (long lost)) 
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Jun 26, 2022 00:38
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Cybernetic Vermin posted:mostly the gamecube controller had the right idea that differentiating the buttons would work better for 95% of games, and more or less the same for the rest. I really like the different button shapes, it's a bummer it never caught on elsewhere
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Jun 26, 2022 01:32
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Sniep posted:i can't imagine playing commander keen on anything but a gravis gamepad (no stick in the middle (long lost)) if you don't know the ctrl+alt pogo jump i feel bad for you son
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Jun 26, 2022 07:54
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spankmeister posted:if you don't know the ctrl+alt pogo jump i feel bad for you son
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Jun 26, 2022 10:03
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Few posts back but re: HP Printers. Was trying to print yesterday on mine and despite showing 50%+ black ink, the black cart was totally dead. Took it out, replaced it, closed door and then PC wouldn't recognise that the door was shut. We can summon food, porn, and taxis from the sky using a device from loving Minority Report now and yet home printing is still a permanent shitshow. Hasn't improved at all since 2001.
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Jun 26, 2022 10:16
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Surprise T Rex posted:Few posts back but re: HP Printers. Was trying to print yesterday on mine and despite showing 50%+ black ink, the black cart was totally dead. Took it out, replaced it, closed door and then PC wouldn't recognise that the door was shut. hp printing maybe, brother is good and has gotten ridiculously cheap. like simple $/lbs i barely understand how they pay even for raw material for the price i paid.
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my brother monochrome laser printer has been needs suiting for a long time and inshallah will continue to suit needs until either i or the need to print dies
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