I’ve been in the #printing business my entire life. Thankfully I never worked for HP (I have worked for two of their biggest competitors, and neither did shit like this)
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https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/22/ink-spattered-pitchforks/
Michael Miller :blobrdm: 🦆 /
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