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Canon sells toner cartridges that register as counterfeit

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Post date Saturday, January 8, 2022
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😂 Semiconductor shortage leads to Canon selling toner cartridges without chips which usually identify them as genuine, so Canon now instructs customers on how to override the warnings for using "counterfeit" cartridges https://t.co/rqcmXckPFp
— Nils Adermann (@naderman) January 7, 2022

Stupid solution for a stupid problem.

Edit: picked up by some media.

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Powers of 10

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Post date Friday, January 7, 2022
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Tablesaw

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Post date Tuesday, January 4, 2022
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The market for table saws is $200-400 million but they cause almost $4 billion in damage annually. Power tools companies aren’t liable for the damage, which is borne by individual users, workers comp, and the health system.
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