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[–] virtualCPU@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Scanners are basically (and most of the time literally) printers. And printers are of the devil.

I'm not Gen Z btw, I'm on the tail end of Gen X and an IT professional of twenty years.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

To be fair to the screaming in the thumbnail, and zoomers in general, scanners and printers are generally universally awful lol

We can put a man on the moon, but you want to print text on a piece of paper? ERROR: PC LOAD LETTER

[–] Gsus4@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

but...why? Is it because interfacing between digital and analog representations of data, because of legacy systems, why are printers so annoying compared to screens and networks?