Didn’t GNU project start because of a printer?

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    8 months ago

    I know of at least two professionals who make their notes with a Remarkable to pdf. Personal printers can go away.

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      8 months ago

      Oh damn well if 2 people are doing it in your industry, printers must be useless to everyone!

      When I worked in the field I carried a laptop but still mostly worked off of paper. Paper-sized ectronics are pretty useless on ladders and plans are too hard to read on a phone. Paper can also fold and go in a pocket

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        8 months ago

        You missunderstood, one is a psychiatrist, the other a social-something. I just say it’s a thing already.

        No, i don’t see how paper is a neccesity in your examples. And i did work in a company for a while, creating software for phones/tablets/notebooks for exatly those usecases, optimizing workflows in industry. Especially plans can be vastly more useful in digital form, look up IFC format.

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          You don’t see how paper would be significantly easier to use when you’re on top of a ladder splicing wires?

          Or how it might be preferable to a touch screen on a dirty construction site?