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I can also recommend drawing it instead of printing if you hate printers with the same passion as me. Record to beat for drawing a working QR code is 3 tries an

by lucb1e 5y ago

I can also recommend drawing it instead of printing if you hate printers with the same passion as me. Record to beat for drawing a working QR code is 3 tries and I think about three hours (for an SSID of 13 bytes (5 unicode characters) and 19-character password). I did it mostly out of curiosity how hard it would actually be (spoiler: medium difficulty).

dmitryminkovsky 5y ago
You’re my new hero. Did you use graphing paper? Have you hashed by hand as well? http://www.righto.com/2014/09/mining-bitcoin-with-pencil-and-paper.html http://www.righto.com/2014/09/mining-bitcoin-with-pencil-and...
fouc 5y ago
I'm more curious about why you hate printers.
- plasma 5y ago
  If OPs experience is anything like mine, they just suck at doing their job. There's often some silly reason its stuck, or it prints wrong, or the colors are off, etc, its really just a super painful experience and I can't believe its still so bad.
  - Krasnol 5y ago
    Is this some meme I didn't hear about?
    - danuker 5y ago
      This video about how ink cartridges are a scam might be related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHX6tHdQGiQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHX6tHdQGiQ
    - dest 5y ago
      related comic: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers https://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers
    - lucb1e 5y ago
      I am very surprised you have not heard this before, especially if you've used a printer in your lifetime. Yes, it's a "meme" (not sure whether to apply that word if it's not a badly drawn or photo-edited image, perhaps recurring theme is a better word?). You're one of today's lucky ten thousand!
      - vbrandl 5y ago
        FYI: > a meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme The concept of a meme is in no way limited to images.
- mitul_45 5y ago
  I used to hate printers too but that changed when I started using HP Instant Ink. The printer needs to be connected to wifi all the time but on the flip side, the printer orders ink cartridges well in advance (so they get delivered in time and I have them ready when I need).
  - goldenkey 5y ago
    Might as well just buy a thermal printer.
- lucb1e 5y ago
  Others said most of what there is to say but to give an answer from 'OP': them working reliably is the exception. Out of yellow -> refuses to print black. DRM cartridges that you can't have refilled. Black ink being more expensive than blood. Driver problems. Network issues. Paper jams. Out of paper error when there is paper. Trying to draw from the wrong paper tray. It doing five minutes of warmup exercises when you really want to get going but forgot to print this signed form to hand in. A new printer being literally free if you just buy the ink with it (my grandma has one of those). And so on. It's insanity more often than not. Ironically, Linux drivers are (as of ~2013 I've noticed this) more reliably than Windows ones. For scanners also. My dad had to re-add the printer (which works fine on Linux) every time on Windows in the configuration panel. It would say 'offline' but could be discovered and then printed with just fine. But only until it goes into standby mode, the next day it's the same story. Now he got an expensive scanner (the kind where you get business support), same story: it just doesn't see the device half the time. This time it's clearly a device issue though: it also only responds to ping when the computer can work with it (i.e. the device is just unreachable when the computer says it's unreachable; not a driver issue for once). And you pay a few hundred bucks for that. The big ones at school or in bigger companies, those seem to work reliably most of the time these days, and if one is out of order you can go a floor up and use the next one. I also remember my old boss (RIP) had a printer that never had a single issue -- of course the model went out of production by the time it gained the track record (all I remember is that it was a Brother laser printer, no colors, only one paper tray, no scanning... all that probably helped). Perhaps you, too, had one of these lucky models and were spared these printer problems. But so yeah that sparked a whole category of jokes on the internet, most people having this experience (at least until a few years ago, perhaps it has gotten better? People also just don't print as much).
MrBuddyCasino 5y ago
> hate printers with the same passion as me A remedy exists, it costs around 100€, is sold by Brother and is called "wifi-enabled laser printer". Your life will be free off printing woes onwards.
- simondotau 5y ago
  Can confirm. Zero problems in seven years. Though go for a model with wired Ethernet, still cheap and even more bulletproof.
  - MrBuddyCasino 5y ago
    Had zero issues with wifi so far. I can even directly print from my iPhone. Being able to place the damn thing anywhere and hide it in a closet is great.
    - simondotau 5y ago
      It's good to hear that the situation is improved. Even so, I'd still try to wire it up whenever possible because diagnosing printer problems are the most boring kind of problem ever in the history of mankind. If I ever have printer problems I want to minimise the variables.
- mleonhard 5y ago
  Second. The "Brother Print&Scan" app is completely usable for printing from iPhone. Third-party replacement toner is cheap.
  - blooalien 5y ago
    I've had good success with the Android variant of that app as well.
  - MrBuddyCasino 5y ago
    Didn't even know this exists, I just use AirPrint.
gorgoiler 5y ago
Thank you so much for the inspiration! I had a very relaxing time drawing my own as well, just now. It is interesting how many ideas come to oneself when drawing and filling the grid. By the end I had all sorts of weird MC Escher style insanity.
- lucb1e 5y ago
  Wow, I'm blown away by the response here, more in upvotes than in comment volume but that doesn't make me any less happy to see it. Your comment and u/dmitryminkovsky's are very kind, thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the experience :)

by lucb1e 5y ago

dmitryminkovsky 5y ago

You’re my new hero. Did you use graphing paper? Have you hashed by hand as well? http://www.righto.com/2014/09/mining-bitcoin-with-pencil-and-paper.html http://www.righto.com/2014/09/mining-bitcoin-with-pencil-and...

fouc 5y ago

I'm more curious about why you hate printers.

plasma 5y ago
If OPs experience is anything like mine, they just suck at doing their job. There's often some silly reason its stuck, or it prints wrong, or the colors are off, etc, its really just a super painful experience and I can't believe its still so bad.
- Krasnol 5y ago
  Is this some meme I didn't hear about?
  - danuker 5y ago
    This video about how ink cartridges are a scam might be related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHX6tHdQGiQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHX6tHdQGiQ
  - dest 5y ago
    related comic: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers https://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers
  - lucb1e 5y ago
    I am very surprised you have not heard this before, especially if you've used a printer in your lifetime. Yes, it's a "meme" (not sure whether to apply that word if it's not a badly drawn or photo-edited image, perhaps recurring theme is a better word?). You're one of today's lucky ten thousand!
    - vbrandl 5y ago
      FYI: > a meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme The concept of a meme is in no way limited to images.
mitul_45 5y ago
I used to hate printers too but that changed when I started using HP Instant Ink. The printer needs to be connected to wifi all the time but on the flip side, the printer orders ink cartridges well in advance (so they get delivered in time and I have them ready when I need).
- goldenkey 5y ago
  Might as well just buy a thermal printer.
lucb1e 5y ago
Others said most of what there is to say but to give an answer from 'OP': them working reliably is the exception. Out of yellow -> refuses to print black. DRM cartridges that you can't have refilled. Black ink being more expensive than blood. Driver problems. Network issues. Paper jams. Out of paper error when there is paper. Trying to draw from the wrong paper tray. It doing five minutes of warmup exercises when you really want to get going but forgot to print this signed form to hand in. A new printer being literally free if you just buy the ink with it (my grandma has one of those). And so on. It's insanity more often than not. Ironically, Linux drivers are (as of ~2013 I've noticed this) more reliably than Windows ones. For scanners also. My dad had to re-add the printer (which works fine on Linux) every time on Windows in the configuration panel. It would say 'offline' but could be discovered and then printed with just fine. But only until it goes into standby mode, the next day it's the same story. Now he got an expensive scanner (the kind where you get business support), same story: it just doesn't see the device half the time. This time it's clearly a device issue though: it also only responds to ping when the computer can work with it (i.e. the device is just unreachable when the computer says it's unreachable; not a driver issue for once). And you pay a few hundred bucks for that. The big ones at school or in bigger companies, those seem to work reliably most of the time these days, and if one is out of order you can go a floor up and use the next one. I also remember my old boss (RIP) had a printer that never had a single issue -- of course the model went out of production by the time it gained the track record (all I remember is that it was a Brother laser printer, no colors, only one paper tray, no scanning... all that probably helped). Perhaps you, too, had one of these lucky models and were spared these printer problems. But so yeah that sparked a whole category of jokes on the internet, most people having this experience (at least until a few years ago, perhaps it has gotten better? People also just don't print as much).

MrBuddyCasino 5y ago

> hate printers with the same passion as me A remedy exists, it costs around 100€, is sold by Brother and is called "wifi-enabled laser printer". Your life will be free off printing woes onwards.

simondotau 5y ago
Can confirm. Zero problems in seven years. Though go for a model with wired Ethernet, still cheap and even more bulletproof.
- MrBuddyCasino 5y ago
  Had zero issues with wifi so far. I can even directly print from my iPhone. Being able to place the damn thing anywhere and hide it in a closet is great.
  - simondotau 5y ago
    It's good to hear that the situation is improved. Even so, I'd still try to wire it up whenever possible because diagnosing printer problems are the most boring kind of problem ever in the history of mankind. If I ever have printer problems I want to minimise the variables.
mleonhard 5y ago
Second. The "Brother Print&Scan" app is completely usable for printing from iPhone. Third-party replacement toner is cheap.
- blooalien 5y ago
  I've had good success with the Android variant of that app as well.
- MrBuddyCasino 5y ago
  Didn't even know this exists, I just use AirPrint.

gorgoiler 5y ago

Thank you so much for the inspiration! I had a very relaxing time drawing my own as well, just now. It is interesting how many ideas come to oneself when drawing and filling the grid. By the end I had all sorts of weird MC Escher style insanity.

lucb1e 5y ago
Wow, I'm blown away by the response here, more in upvotes than in comment volume but that doesn't make me any less happy to see it. Your comment and u/dmitryminkovsky's are very kind, thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the experience :)