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Nevermarktoday at 7:21 AM1 replyview on HN

That might be an absurd comparison, but we can fix that.

If you were being charged per character, or running down character limits, and printing on printers that were shared and had economic costs for stalled and started print runs, then:

You wouldn’t “need” to understand. The prints would complete regardless. But you might want to. Personal preference.

Which is true of this issue to.


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Barbingtoday at 7:36 AM

>If you were being charged per character, or running down character limits, and printing on printers that were shared and had economic costs for stalled and started print runs,

and the system was being run by some of the planet’s brightest people whose famous creation is well known to disseminate complex information succinctly,

>then:

You would expect to be led to understand, like… a 1997 Prius.

“This feature showed the vehicle operation regarding the interplay between gasoline engine, battery pack, and electric motors and could also show a bar-graph of fuel economy results.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius_(XW10)