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Re:RAM Altman: Linux Script Emails Sam Altman Daily How Much... by spearfish on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:07PM (#50416630)
No toner on fax machines, just forever chemical paper that slowly muders their employees.
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Re:RAM Altman: Linux Script Emails Sam Altman Daily How Much... by Jamesbeam on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:19PM (#50416725)
Obviously you do not know my trusty battle fax. The Brother Laser Fax 2840. Lots of companies still use Laserfax. dr2200 is 40 bucks for 12k pages.
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Re:RAM Altman: Linux Script Emails Sam Altman Daily How Much... by peri-cl on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:35PM (#50416907)
> "Broadcast to up to 272 participants."

256 + 16? How do you get a number like that? Some trick with variable-width binary codes?

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Re:RAM Altman: Linux Script Emails Sam Altman Daily How Much... by Jamesbeam on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:50PM (#50417085)
Not a binary encoding trick. It's just the sum of the fax machine's recipient capacities.

22 One-Touch numbers + 200 Speed-Dial numbers + 50 manually dialled numbers = 272

If you do not store a Group on any of your Brother machine's One Touch or Speed Dial locations, you can Broadcast a fax to as many as 272 different numbers.

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Re:RAM Altman: Linux Script Emails Sam Altman Daily How Much... by Avicebron on Sunday November 08, 2026 @04:01PM (#50417204)
This guy faxes.
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