And still printing a web page is real challenge.
And if you want to compile a programm you find out that it needs 30 libraries.
Some things are better.
Most of the things are worse.
I have a text editor on my Android phone. It cannot do search and replace.
>Do you remember having to search for/install printer drivers?
..yes? I need to fight with weird driver installers every time I connect new device to my Brother printer. (and then you setup scanner and printing stops working, arghh...)
$200 and she has a scanner/copier/printer and I pay about $60 a year and she automatically gets paper and ink from HP. Most of what she does is from an iPad, which is setup free. The laptop required some minor setup.
My mother's HP stops printing completely if one color is down.
She only prints B/W.
(Personally I think printing companies shot themselfs in the foot with chipped cartridges. Instead of printing out willynilly; we, most of America, only prints out what's absolutely necessary. It's a business move on their part I will never understand. They tried to amend there blunder with Eco, but it's a bit too late. We got used to not printing. "Here's a picture of Billy Sue riding her brother's bike." Of course, we don't print it out like the 2000's and hang it on the frig.)
That's my experience. I have some cheap Samsung laser printer connected to my network, and a page comes out a few seconds later whenever I pick "print". It reminds me that it exists when I open the paper tray to steal a sheet of paper for notes and the rollers turn on when the tray is closed. Can't complain.
I don't have any problems printing web pages. Rick click, print, done.
Non trivial programs always required a lot of libraries. At least now you don't have to wait 3 weeks for a tape to show up so you can continue working.
I print articles/pages to PDF all the time to read them on my e-ink. They come out readable about 30% of the time thanks to multiple layers of banners and popups on the average site these days. It's annoying that even (and especially!) Medium/Wordpress etc can't be bothered to exclude them from @media print. I usually end up editing the site via devtools before printing, but that's not always an option (eg. in third party mobile apps for pdf export).
Make your websites printable, darnit. It's very little effort to get 90% there.
Nice, Jonathan Blow. Although I may not understand the underlying philosophy under which his arguments are made, he's inspired me to challenge ideas that are sometimes given for granted. I'd definitely be interested in working with operating systems or even systems theory, although I haven't put much thought to it.
