My father recently retired his printer (Epson LQ-850) not because the printer had failed, but because driver support was lacking. We had used the same printer since ~1992. He was super bummed; he had stockpiled ribbons and still had a full box of tractor-feed paper.
The explanation he was given by the person in charge of administration on his university-department computer: At least on the system he was using, modern drivers expected a reply from the printer in response to commands, but apparently, the LQ-850 only receives commands but does not reply.
Found the google clown, I’ve been pissed at google for nearly a decade, and yet still continue to use my gmail address, because it would take me literal weeks to detach from it... and I’m actually technically capable of understanding what I need to do to separate.. 99% are not, they “control” these markets.
No matter which side you believe, you can expect there to be Russian IP addresses on there. It was an open web form, anyone could leave a comment. Anyone could find a proxy if they were so inclined. I suspect lots of random foreigners would've commented and I don't think any of it mattered one bit, despite the constant protestations that foreigners making online comments about matters of international importance is something to fear for reasons that have never quite been made clear.
But apparently spamming a web form with pointless comments is really important to some people because it proves... something?
