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@quinn Fun Fact: The late sci-fi author and tech writer Jerry Pournelle actually did keep a gun next to his terminal. Many, many years ago I helped him with his CP/M system at his home that he used for his writing, and it was impossible not to notice.
@lauren I was the designated sci-fi nerd at an indie bookshop in santa barbara in the early 90s, i babysat the sci-fi authors as a 20 year old. all of them were some level of skivy, except ray bradbury, who was an old nerdy guy and fucking saint.
@quinn Out of all the pieces of hardware to keep, this person kept their printer???
Those things are constantly trying to call home and rewire themselves to keep you from using unapproved ink. That's the official story of what they're doing anyway--who even knows if that's true. They're like the last thing I'd keep around. You can go to the library and use a printer. You probably have to anyway because you're out of ink. You just bought ink yesterday but you're out.
WTF with the printer?
@crazyeddie@mastodon.social not if you buy yourself a Brother monochrome laser and don't hook it up to your network :3
@quinn But why keep the gun within easy reach of the printer? 😅
