Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

I finally got it to print well enough to get my paperwork. I'm still going to destroy this printer with a fucking vengeance.

Yeah, I like KPOP

I told mom that when we replace this printer, I'm destroying it with a fucking vengeance. Fuck. this. printer.

Tries to print
Prints nothing
Replaces ink cartridges
Only prints ~half the page in streaks
Tries cleaning
Doesn't help
Tries nozzle alignment
Doesn't help
Tries updating drivers
It refuses to acknowledge the printer is connected whenever it asks for that, say "installation completed" when I hit cancel, then still says the driver needs updating
Tries just putting the PDF on an SD card and putting it in the printer
Printer refuses to recognize the PDF

Dear Epson,
Why are your printers and their associated software such pieces of shit?
Thanks,
A frustrated trans girl trying to print off clinic paperwork

It's funny, because I tried twice. The first time, I thought I'd failed, so I put the coals into a metal bucket...only for them to start smoking and eventually catch fire. So, we added them to the already-lit second try.

Well, in "things I accomplished today" I managed to get a charcoal grill started without lighter fluid. Good stuff.

So, does anyone else get really bad cramps in their right hand when playing something like Mario Kart? Like, I get *really* bad cramps in my palm near my thumb and I'm curious if this is something other's experience or if just it's the fact that my hand is fucked up.

What I do know is this: it's a good OS, it's got a lot of potential, and if I can get that web browser issue taken care of (along with that weird issue with it not seeing my laptop's built-in display), I'll almost definitely be switching to it as my primary OS.

Honestly, I think that latter point is gonna be what hurts Haiku (at least for me) long term. If it can get a good web browser (including WebPositive being better for everyday use), I think it could work. It's got almost everything else I could want (Krita, LMMS, LibreOffice, even a JVM for Minecraft). It just needs a web browser that can handle what I want to throw at it. But, it's still in beta, so there's definitely time. Maybe I'll come back to try and get Pale Moon working. Who knows?

So, some final thoughts on Haiku before I swap back to Arch. I really like it! It's a very interesting system. I could definitely see myself running this once it gets a proper release. There are really just two big problems that damp that enthusiasm:
1) It doesn't seem to work right with my laptop's radeon (it doesn't seems to see the internal display) and
2) Lack of a good web browser. Unfortunately, WebPositive and Otter just aren't there. But if it could get Firefox or Pale Moon?
1/2

Alright. Pale Moon is a no-go. (I mean, it's *not*, strictly speaking, but I don't have the spoons to work out build errors right now.) Ah, well.

Right, so Otter definitely feels better than WebPositive did. I'm now, just for the heck of it, going to try to compile Pale Moon (the browser I normally use) just to see if I can get it working.

Oddly, though, the YouTube video I had open in the screenshot played fine. It didn't studder or anything like that. The page itself felt awful, but the video worked no problem.

(And, incidentally, no, it wasn't just that I was playing a youtube video. I've closed it and this still feels awful.)

And, to be clear, it is just WebPositive that's lagging. Typing this is unbearable, but if I open, say, Pe (the included text editor) up next to this, it feels just fine. So it's something weird about WebPositive in particular. I may go try Otter or NetSurf (other browsers I can easily install) and see how they feel.

Hello from Haiku!

I have no plans to switch over to Haiku as a daily OS. (Not yet, anyways, but maybe one day!) I am running it on physical hardware, though. Specifically, I'm running it on my main laptop on a spare hard drive. WebPositive's a bit laggy, but, otherwise, it feels pretty nice. Maybe one day I will actually be able to run it instead of Arch.

In case you're curious, this is apropos of nothing. It was kinda just a random thought I had.