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sconosciuto said:

Brother says the printer can handle up to 40,000 pages per month, with a recommended monthly print volume of 3,000 pages.

So a laser printer needs to print an average of 100 pages a day? Or else…?

Or else… nothing. I think the manufacturer is just trying to tell you what kind of workload a printer is designed for. Aside from toner, laser printers very slowly burn through other consumables, such as rollers and transfer belts, and those parts are not cheap to replace. A printer that's designed for a heavier workload will (one hopes) have parts that can generate more printouts before they need to be replaced. Materials (plastic, rubber, etc.) don't deteriorate very quickly in an office environment, so underused parts simply last longer before they need to be replaced. It kind of mirrors the way unused toner stays usable, compared to inkjet cartridges and nozzles that dry out and clog.

I can tell you that when I was a nonprofit admin, I almost always bought printers that were designed for a slightly heavier workload than we needed at the time. I considered it future-proofing, and the savings on parts replacements more than made up for the initial up-front costs.

When I enable RCS, my phone doesn't offer SMS as a fall-back option, the way it does with iMessage. Is this a bug or a feature?

After installing the update on my 2020 SE, my phone became incredibly slow. Turns out System Data had grown by more than 10% and eaten up much of my phone's minimal free space. Multiple reboots made little difference. I ended up doing a local backup, after which the free space was restored.

Mike Wuerthele said:

antiprotest said:

Why are even tech people so faint hearted as to find everything "creepy"? I see this word come up a lot in similar contexts. One might have no use for this product but it is far from creepy. This is nothing. 

Can't imagine why folks that have multiple decades in tech might have opinions on dumb tech.

Can't imagine why folks who have multiple decades of life experience, period, might have opinions about inanimate objects that essentially try to manipulate us.

I'd love to be able to edit the default order of icons, so when I rent a car (I travel frequently) I don't need to reinvent the wheel each time.