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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Non rebellious printer

Baby wristlet with heartbeat sensor (this one will make you go proper crazy)

Car that breaks down as soon as you buy it

'cause fuck cars.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Car that breaks down as soon as you buy it

BMWs are already pretty mainstream

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's 2023, BMW is upper middle off the pack reliability wise. If you are going to make fun of Germans it's Merc you are looking for.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yep, Mercedes is NOTHING what it used to be... they put in Peugeot engines in new models 🤦... which is not bad, but at the price these cars sell, excuse me, but I want a Mercedes engine in there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interestingly, some hdi Peugeot engines can go on forever

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Some... all Merc engines go on forever. You bought a Merc, first 500.000km you're basically warming up the engine. People bought second hand Mercs with 400.000km on them, not a single doubt that it might fail.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More €€€ and we could start talking :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

More €€€ and I'd get a Hummer.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Non rebellious printer

They exist they're called LED Printers, you have to do a bit of searching for them though because they're often mislabeled as Laser Jet. If you go on Amazon for example and look for laserjet printers in the type box right at the bottom they'll tell you if it's really a laser jet or is actually a LED printer. Get an LED printer, Brother makes some good ones.

They are lightning fast even for color printing. They use toner like laser jet (which I guess is where the confusion comes from) but they work in a different way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How different? They still use light for drum polarization, right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes but LEDs are smaller and more powerful than a laser assembly so the whole process is faster.

In the time it takes to energise the drum with a laser, the LED panel can do all 4 inks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Cool, that seems like a new take on things 👍.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

In contrast to LED printers, laser printers require combinations of rotating mirrors and lenses that must remain in alignment throughout their use. The LED print head has no moving parts, and the individual assemblies tend to be more compact.

Yeah, thought as much. LEDs are cheaper than lasers, so stack a bunch of them in a line, polarise the drum, bam, you have an image.

Basically, this is the only advantage. And laser heads break very very rarely. You litelarly have to drop the printer from a considerable height in order to break the laser head mechanism.

But, I can see the appeal. Laser heads and mechanisms are more expensive to manufacture.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Baby wristlet with heartbeat sensor (this one will make you go proper crazy)

They have socks that do this. Bluetooth app connection to your phone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

🤘 fuck cars

There's a community for that if you aren't subscribed already.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Those baby ekg socks and bracelets are crazy. My wife bought one and it just made her crazy. And then even the dumb thing moves you get everyone jumping to alerts and beeps and are stuck with a baby who isn't going to sleep anytime soon.