• subunit317@lemmy.world
      19·
      9 个月前

      I started self hosting my own RSS feed a few years ago, and I couldn’t live without it. It’s the best way to get timely info.

      And then you can be the first one to post it on lemmy.

      • phampyk@lemmy.world
        5·
        9 个月前

        Blogs are having a timid resurgence I would say. Also not everyone stopped writing blogs, I have been following some since 2008 or so… When Google Reader was a thing lol

        I think they are a lot more obscure because we prioritise social networks over blogs, so do search indexers. But they are still there!

        Comics are now mostly on Instagram, but you can make Instagram RSS feeds with things like rss-bridge

  • cRazi_man@lemm.ee
    79·
    9 个月前

    Your caveman brain. People think they’re educated an enlightened and everything they do now is so well thought out. Nope, the caveman is in the driving seat for all of us. Even your most high level meetings and interviews are influenced by how hungry, horny, or hurt you are by a teasing comment yesterday. Everyone is looking to establish dominance at any cost, when you don’t really need to.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
      5·
      9 个月前

      Everyone is looking to establish dominance at any cost, when you don’t really need to.

      You know, I see the rest, but I don’t see this. A lot of people are straight-up doormats.

  • Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.social
    67·
    9 个月前

    Buttons, knobs, plastic bezels.

    At least according to the industry those are all in the past. The future is screens that go to the very edge of the device and absolutely nothing tactile.

    And it is bullshit. It is less reliable, less convenient, less cool – To say nothing of the safety disaster that nailing a tablet computer to the dashboard of every car has been.

  • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
    42·
    9 个月前

    Paper; Notebooks. Key only physical door locks. Manual transmission cars. Not having any IoT appliances, and not connecting everything you own to WiFi. Hard drive full of MP3s. Cash. Not being available for a call if you’re not at home.

    Source: work tangential enough to cybersecurity.

          • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
            18·
            9 个月前

            Lol, might as well hang a sign out front that says “I share data with cops.”

              • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
                2·
                9 个月前

                I’m sure they have a group chat, right?

                “Guys, how much are you selling your yay for these days? I’ve had negative feedback from three people now about prices. I can handle these bad Yelp reviews.”

            • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              9 个月前

              Now hold on, maybe they’re onto something. The highest levels of drug dealers most likely aren’t accepting cash, they’re laundering their money through legitimate fronts. Small time dealers setting up some simple LLC or something for a relatively small fee and funneling money through that could actually shield you better from local law enforcement. I’m pretty sure Cashapp and their ilk offer business accounts nowadays, haven’t checked myself.

              • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
                4·
                9 个月前

                Block, the company that owns Cash App, lost a court case and had to pay an $80m fine for failing to adhere to anti-money laundering laws. The Feds have been all over it for a year. Maybe 3 years ago it was possible to fake the KYC, but not a much so anymore.

                The only truly non-tracable financial system is Monero, and many exchanges won’t touch it because it has such a close connection to crime.

      • Dem Bosain@midwest.socialEnglish
        8·
        9 个月前

        Marijuana is legal here. Dispensaries can ONLY accept cash, because they’re locked out of the federal banking system.

        • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          9 个月前

          I think some states are offering workarounds for that dilemma now, but I really do wish the US federal would just legalize it already. We have 24 states that have already legalized it, as well as 3 territories and D.C… Around 33 states have for medical purposes.

          When 2/3 of a country has legalized something in some form, it should become the de facto law of the land at the federal level. Those other states can continue keeping it illegal if their citizens so choose, but the Federal government should be forced to at least decriminalize it if it’s something that isn’t directly harming people against their will.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
      4·
      9 个月前

      Hard drive full of MP3s is love, hard drive full of MP3s is life.

      Although ATM my folder is just 1.1GB including the music videos, so I could probably store it on a thumb drive or carefully-chosen dishwasher; it doesn’t have to be a hard drive.

  • zephiriz@lemmy.ml
    40·
    9 个月前

    Safty razors! Why would anyone spend 20$ on the new fangled 30 million blade razor that mighy last one shave? When you can spend pennies even if you change blades every shave.

      • zer0@lemmy.ml
        10·
        9 个月前

        Electric and safety razors don’t necessarily serve the same purpose. An electric razor can never cut as close to to the skin as a safety razor. I use both

    • ohhmyygott@lemmy.world
      4·
      9 个月前

      Switched to a safety razor recently after years of using Gillette’s… It’s life changing! No more bumps or breaking out. Also it’s cheap!

    • Wahots@pawb.social
      4·
      9 个月前

      I recently switched to a Leaf one and love it. It’s about the same as my Harry’s razor, but a hell of a lot less expensive when even Costco is selling their reloads at $27. The leaf blades are way less expensive, and they aren’t even proprietary.

      • racoon@lemmy.ml
        1·
        9 个月前

        I got two of these security razors back in 2017 for less than $50 bucks altogether. Best investment ever. Then, last year I got a Philip razor but I have since just stopped shaving at home. I ask the barber from time to time

        • easily3667@lemmus.orgBannedEnglish
          1·
          9 个月前

          That leaf one appears to be $120 lol

          But I suppose if you find yourself on the Harry’s marketing train, jumping off for anything that’s actually recyclable is good.

          • Wahots@pawb.social
            2·
            9 个月前

            Yeah, expensive up front, but the blades are cheap. I got on the Harry’s train before they got bought up and were cheap. Now, whoever bought them has been jacking up prices, which had me looking for a cheaper alternative.

            Harry’s also gave me plastic guilt. There is a lot of waste. :p

    • M137@lemmy.world
      3·
      9 个月前

      Safety* $20* newfangled* might*

      It’s like you consciously added misspellings and bad grammar.

    • Christian@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      9 个月前

      At some point about a decade ago I realized I’m much happier just paying the extra $8 every couple months when I go to get a haircut and otherwise just letting it grow out.

  • Drew@sopuli.xyz
    38·
    9 个月前

    IRC: simplest way of communicating online, and a bouncer can be availed for free

    Forums: great store of knowledge and friendly, helpful people. If you ask a question in discord, nobody will ever see the answer again.

    • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
      6·
      9 个月前

      I can’t related more on the second one. Slack and Microsoft Teams seems to be the default way to communicate in corporate environments.

      • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
        7·
        9 个月前

        Because setting up an IRC server is way, way easier than setting up a matrix server. It’s also a lot more reliable. The downside is that it’s text only

    • VeldtSchema@lemmy.mlNederlands
      2·
      9 个月前

      Man, I really want to get back into IRC. Is there any good client you can recommend?

    • bob_lemon@feddit.org
      1·
      9 个月前

      Forums: great store of knowledge and friendly, helpful people. If you ask a question in discord, nobody will ever see the answer again.

      The search functions in forums are notoriously terrible though (although someone will inevitably ask you to try using it), so finding anything useful relies on “outside” search engines.

      And the linear thread format has been terrible since it was invented (which is probably why discord uses it). You basically need to ignore half the posts to follow the one interesting side line that might end up with a solution.

  • Wahots@pawb.social
    35·
    9 个月前

    Wrist watches. Extremely convenient, even when your phone is buried or you don’t want to be distracted.

    • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      9 个月前

      I wear a cheapish waterproof one while swimming. The pool has a clock but I can’t see it without my specs.

    • SheenSquelcher@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      9 个月前

      Yep. And it doesn’t need to be charged every night like apple watch or similar.

      Am looking for a new one if you have any recommendations.

      • DogEarBookmark@reddthat.comEnglish
        2·
        9 个月前

        If you find a G-Shock that doesnt incorporate bluetooth and you happen to think of me, pass the name along will ya?

        The one I have goes like this. Start stopwatch… Stop stopwatch… Choose between save/delete/resume…deleting…aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand deleted… *returns to watch function.

      • Wahots@pawb.social
        1·
        9 个月前

        Don’t get the one I got, lol. I’m probably going back to a non-smartwatch after problems with my tic watch.

  • KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de
    35·
    9 个月前

    CDs/DVDs/BluRays

    I don’t want to support Spotify, which is owned by tencent. I don’t want to spend a fortune on streaming services. I don’t want to sell my data to google by using YouTube, and I want to be able to listen to music/ watch movies when offline.

    • piyuv@lemmy.world
      11·
      9 个月前

      Spotify is not owned by Tencent. It’s publicly traded, and tencent owns part of it.

      There are a lot of reasons to hate Spotify (and Daniel Ek) but this is not one of it.

      The short version: Tencent Holdings is about to own 10 percent of Universal, which in turns owns around 3.5 percent in Spotify, which in turn owns around nine percent in Tencent Music Entertainment, which in turn is part-owned by Universal’s two main rivals (Warner and Sony), but remains majority owned by Tencent Holdings, which in turn owns 9.1 percent of Spotify. (And, yes, no kidding, that’s the short version.)

      https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/who-really-owns-spotify-955388/

      • d-RLY?@lemmy.ml
        1·
        9 个月前

        I want a new Blu-ray format but with the size of Laserdisc. Vinyl coming back into style shows that a large disc doesn’t matter if playing at home. Would be fun to have the Laserdisc vibe for movies and even whole seasons of TV using the tech of Blu-ray. Just think of how much uncompressed media could fit on something that size! It has no chance of happening of course, but Laserdiscs look sick. I loved when teachers would show educational stuff on them and see the size of those things. I plan to get a player sometime if I have the spare funds, but I did get Aliens on LD just to have and show off.

    • DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca
      1·
      9 个月前

      I love all of those things! Whenever I hit up a thrift store, the media section is my first stop. I’ve gotten so many great CDs and movies for next to nothing that way.

      • KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de
        6·
        9 个月前

        For me personally? I have been steadily changing the way I source media over the past 2-3 years. Also I lately read more of other ppl going back to physical media for the same-ish reasons.

        • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
          1·
          9 个月前

          Just pirate it after you have subscribed to it a few times. The author has got their share. The only party you’re harming by doing this is the streaming platform. Illegal, but not immoral.

  • Ziggurat@jlai.luEnglish
    32·
    9 个月前

    Obligatory thought to cobol, which is stil the backbone of banking computers.

    I would also think to the good old electromechanical relay which are still pretty common

    More political, but whatever what imperator Musk thinks Privacy isn’t obsolete

    • Pherenike@lemmy.ml
      9·
      9 个月前

      Not only is privacy not obsolete, it’s easier now than eight years ago when I started degoogling, there are so many decent alternatives nowadays to all kinds of services and apps.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
    28·
    9 个月前

    Writing your passwords in a piece of paper. Safer than storing it digitally and easier for people that don’t know how to use password managers or computers in general to understand what to do to access your stuff if you’re under a difficult situation or dead.

    Also, physical photos. Yes yes, we all have gigabytes of photos, but almost never check any of them. Physicals catch my glance at home very often, great decoration. I’ve also took to writing the day, place and people on the back, plus any other important bits of context.

    • dubyakay@lemmy.ml
      5·
      9 个月前

      I have a reel of photos from our kids’ album on our TV. Cycles every minute or so. Subs for printed photos fairly well.

      Gave a digital photo frame, cycling the same pictures to great grandpa though and he died the next day. Make of this what you will.

  • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
    28·
    9 个月前

    Tape drives. Remember those big reels of tape on mainframes in the 80s? They don’t look exactly like that anymore, but tape is still used for backups/long term archival because they offer the lowest cost per gigabyte and decent longevity without needing to be powered, as long as you don’t need to access the data all that fast or often.

    Those dank memes and cat videos you posted in 2010 are probably on tape in a data centre somewhere

    • applemao@lemmy.world
      4·
      9 个月前

      Im obsessed with tape storage, but for audio. Nothing more real than audio on tape! Luckily it’s catching on again. Music is so disposable now, I hope we can keep physical formats alive and keep corporations away from it (digital offers them unlimited control over us).

        • applemao@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 个月前

          Oh sorry, I meant more reel tape not really casettes, but I love the otari mx5050, and the teac 2340sx. Good machines and 1/4" tape is still affordable. PM me if you’d like more tape info, I love to share.

          • DogEarBookmark@reddthat.comEnglish
            1·
            9 个月前

            Ah okay haha. Ive been buying vinyls lately and there’s a lot of people with casette merch too. I didnt remember tape being that amazing but was willing to give it a shot. I don’t have reel to reel space at my place unfortunately. Thanks for putting it out there though!

            • applemao@lemmy.world
              1·
              9 个月前

              Well I’ll say cassette quality can never really be good becaise of the slow speed and narrow width. . But 1/4" tape is about the best analog quality you can get (feasibly cost wise) if you go 15 IPS and half track (1 way play, no flipping).

              If you want good sound for cassettes you can’t beat a Nakamichi deck, best there are.

  • LordGimp@lemm.ee
    27·
    9 个月前

    Pretty much anything in a machine shop made in the last 80 years or so. So many people turn up their noses at anything that isn’t computer controlled anymore. Yknow what a big old mill can do that a CNC can’t? It can make every single part needed to make a new mill. It’s a self replicating machine with the right know how. People don’t respect that kind of quality anymore.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
      2·
      9 个月前

      Can a CNC not do that for just the mechanical parts?

      (I know way too much about bootstrapping semiconductor production at small scale, which seems to be viable but highly impractical)

      • LordGimp@lemm.ee
        1·
        9 个月前

        Sure, but it’s not as impressive (imo) when you also need a computer control system, a bunch of circuitry and electronics, and a whole mess of software to make it work in the end. A mill just needs enough spin and it runs exactly as intended.

        • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
          1·
          9 个月前

          Oh yeah, I have a copy of the Gingery books and I love it.

          I haven’t seen Gingery into how much power you need exactly, or what blend of RPM vs. torque is ideal. What would be your guess, since it sounds like you might know?

          • LordGimp@lemm.ee
            1·
            9 个月前

            Torque is the real limiting factor. You can always gear up or down for whatever you’re working on, but at the end of the day you need enough torque to get the work done. And a proper milling machine needs A LOT of torque.

              • LordGimp@lemm.ee
                2·
                9 个月前

                There are no “typical values” when you’re running a mill or lathe. You could look up “speeds and feeds”, but that’s really just a table that you plug into an equation to figure out how to set the machine. It all depends on what you’re doing and what you’re doing it with. Drilling a hole with a high speed steel drill bit is going to be a bit different than drilling it with a carbide spade, and all that is going to depend heavily on whether you’re trying to run through titanium or tin. You need to fine tune running “x” bit through “y” material for a “z” sized cut.

                Essentially, this is the knowledge that separates skilled labor from manual labor, and machining is (was, RIP cnc button pushers) skilled labor.

                At the end of the day for most metal machining you’ll need between 50hp and 100hp to be up to modern standards. If you want to get that through steam or electric motors or whatever that’s up to you

                • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
                  1·
                  9 个月前

                  Thanks, that’s really helpful. I suppose it makes sense that not just material but cut size and bit would matter. They usually focus just on the geometry on YouTube.

                  Out of curiosity, what’s the lowest you’ve ever gone? It’s hard to picture machining happening at something like 60RPM.

                  If you want to get that through steam or electric motors or whatever that’s up to you

                  Since I’m interested in technological bootstrapping more generally, I think most about water wheels, actually! Steam engines need to be machined, which is a chicken-and-egg problem (or I guess crafted freehand to a machining-like precision, like Vaucanson’s lathe). Electric motors don’t necessarily, but they need a source of electricity, and that’s either a lot of batteries or another rotating power source, which again doesn’t solve the problem.

                  Waterwheels can be made with hand tools - maybe even primitive tools - and can achieve surprisingly modern efficiency and power density. They do require the right topography, but then again they spin indefinitely without needing to be fueled. 50hp is still a sizable wheel, near the top of what existed in pre-modern times, but I’m guessing you can do basic things with an underpowered machine.

    • Noobnarski@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 个月前

      I don’t think a mill can make the copper windings in the motor and isolate them. Same with the power cable.

      • LordGimp@lemm.ee
        4·
        9 个月前

        You don’t need an electric motor. You just need enough spin. I’ve seen old mills and lathes that run on steam. An electric motor just happens to be very convenient with our current technology.