I agree that UBI is a soul-killer. Better use of these people’s time would be to create new jobs for others. A sense of accomplishment, worth, and purpose does not come from relying on government-regulated UBI while you have nothing to do.
@DarrigoMelanie PROFIT!!!! Sorry to break it to you but the opposite of profit is bankruptcy. And it isn't exploitation if people have choices. Free competitive markets are the way.
@yourbuddyspooky@ingelramdecoucy A lot of those places keep using them because they want to print on triplicate paper. But yeah some of them were pretty robust.
@yourbuddyspooky@ingelramdecoucy I dunno about bulletproof I remember some epic and very untimely paper jams in the feed systems. Laser is the way. F inkjets with a rusty spoon.
@RealCynicalFox The only way to do that is on the ground. The only people that can do that are the people of Iran. We should be actively supporting a revolution in Iran.
@ingelramdecoucy@yourbuddyspooky The dot matrix era was peak computing hobby. The boxes of perforated printer paper, the noise...uncounted hours spend diagnosing the random crashes of the computers of the era. Those were the days?