These are really interesting to read in order. The LLM output at the end of each shows how they've gotten better and stayed the same. Output is all formulaic just following slightly different formulas. I shall excitedly wait another year to see what is possible in 2026 and if everyone is right by 2027 the LLM will be the author of the piece including human written content for padding at the end.
(Also yes my Brother printer has worked great over the past 10 years. I even had to buy new toner and have replaced it with a third party toner twice so far.)
The jury is still out on whether Brother has also jumped the shark. Their PR made a lot of hot noise about the accusations being "false" but if you read carefully they never say that they didn't make some color calibration things work only with their own cartridges.
Can vouch. I have a Brother B/W double-sided laser printer from 2011 that just keeps on going. The maintenance manuals are detailed down to each gear and lever, which let me fix a paper feed issue (gear slid out of place) and keep it going for probably many more decades. No DRM chips in sight - third party toner works just fine, and the Ethernet connectivity is rock solid.
vgr-land|5 months ago
(Also yes my Brother printer is just fine and turning 7 years old)
https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-...
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024...
trescenzi|5 months ago
(Also yes my Brother printer has worked great over the past 10 years. I even had to buy new toner and have replaced it with a third party toner twice so far.)
yencabulator|5 months ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43261933
Liftyee|5 months ago
chiffre01|5 months ago