The "Shit I just bought" thread

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gogusrl

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Advantech AIBM-272 mini-itx motherboard + i5-2520m + 8gb ram + ibm m1015 hba for my new storage platform. Now I just need another 1000$ for 8 x 4tb.

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Brahma

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I'm confused. 32TB? For home use? Christ am I old, that seems like an insane amount of storage.
 
gogusrl

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The part about the hard drives was a joke, I have no use for that much storage. I got 2 x 2 tb atm and will probably buy another 2 x 2 tb for about 5 tb of usable storage after ZFS.
 
BrutulTM

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I have a friend who used to work for HP and they could buy printers for like $35. He would get one, use it until the ink ran out, and then give it to a friend or relative and get another one because it was cheaper than buying ink cartridges.
 
Palum

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BrutulTM_sl said:
I have a friend who used to work for HP and they could buy printers for like $35. He would get one, use it until the ink ran out, and then give it to a friend or relative and get another one because it was cheaper than buying ink cartridges.
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Yea, back in 'the day' I used to buy 2-3 on Black Friday every year for 15-20 or whatever the promo was and then throw them away when the ink ran out. Lulz.
 
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Solariss

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Lol @ the discarding of printers.. I actually found the Slickdeals thread for that printer deal above... went to Staples, but they said they sold out of them after the first couple hours of the deal. Other posts in the Slickdeals thread mentioned they haven't had problems getting them in certain locations.
 
Joeboo

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Fuck inkjet printers and the goddamn ridiculous ink cartridges
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Alternately, this link:
The Price of a Gallon: 47 liquids compared

lists only the following liquids as more expensive per gallon:
mercury
insulin
chanel #5
LSD
Cobra venom
scorpion venom

Human blood is cheaper per gallon than inkjet ink!
 
mkopec

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That picture is a bit misleading though. Youre not buying the ink, youre buying an ink cartridge. Granted its still overpriced as fuck, but it is a bit misleading. Also dont they have places you can refill your cartridges for like 1/4 of the cost?
 
Grimmlokk

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Pretty sure I read somewhere they were trying to engineer the cartridges so people couldn't even do that.

My brother used to work in a photo lab and he'd always refill ours for free.
 
McQueen

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I bought refilled ink for my new Epson printer once. The printer recognized them as refills and refused to print.
 
Arch

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McQueen_sl said:
I bought refilled ink for my new Epson printer once. The printer recognized them as refills and refused to print.
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I had an Epson printer that was pat of some package deal and ran into the same thing. Threw that fucker right into the trash that day.
 
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