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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 17 Dec 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs @MorlockP
      Replying to @edlongwell @jordanthelawyer
      I literally have a pallet of circa 1996 laser printers in the basement. Every time my printer dies (or runs out of toner!) I throw it away and bring another one up.
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 17 Dec 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted John Barnes, probably not the one you thought

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      John Barnes, probably not the one you thought @JohnBarnesSF
      Replying to @MorlockP @edlongwell @jordanthelawyer
      This made me laugh out loud, literally literally as younger people say (LOLLL?). Perfect example of recognition humor: comedy made/laughter induced by recognizing that someone is behaving exactly like themselves.
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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 17 Dec 2020

      3/ The story, for those who haven't heard it before, was that back circa 2008 I was running Smartflix and Heavy Ink, and I'd designed a process where our rails app would slam orders vs inventory, generate shipments, generate a packing label and manifest for each, >>

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 17 Dec 2020

      4/ Generate a LaTeX document, and print that. So we were printing thousands of pages per day. Needed some beefy printers. Found an HP printer for about $1k designed for this volume. It broke after a year, maintenance was $1k...so I just bought a new one.

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 17 Dec 2020

      5/ Repeat this a few times, then the model is discontinued. Change is fine, but...change brings risks. Unknown unknowns. Are used / remaindered printers out there? Yes! At $900. Cheaper than before, awesome.

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 17 Dec 2020

      6/ So we buy a New Old Stock printer once a year or so from this remainder warehouse, and price drops every time. Awesome. One day we get a phone call. "It's the warehouse. We're getting out of this. You want any more?"

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 17 Dec 2020

      7/ Depends, how much? "Umm...how about $300 each". How many you got on the shelf? "14" I'll buy all 14 off of you right now at $100 each. "Done!" Done.

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 17 Dec 2020

      8/ And that's why I've got half a dozen or so light industrial printers in the basement here at the farm.

      2:19 PM - 17 Dec 2020
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        1. 𝔻𝕦𝕩 𝔹𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕦𝕞‏ @Face_Almighty44 17 Dec 2020
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          When it comes to buying consumables in bulk...you can save so much money when an opportunity like that comes along

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