Some of my coworkers were talking about using RSS to read blogs, which made some of the younger folks in our team ask what it is and why we keep using it.
Some still use iPods to avoid subscriptions and streaming services, my favorite was one of our sysadmins who showed me Gopher.
I’m curious about others though, thanks!
I use a wheel almost everyday still
Me use fire. Fire hot. Make food good
Where your stick? Me have good stick. Very pointy.
Me use stick make fire. Need new stick hold meat on fire. Where you find good stick?
BIG cloud dihydrogen go squishhh. Make food. Me climb hierarchy. Me eat fusion photonic self replicating solar panel.
These seemed like the obvious answers at first, but then I realized I don’t actually use either one on a regular basis (I walk to work and cook on an induction stove). So in my case it’s probably the lever.
Somebody gave me firaaaaaah
The wheel, rope, fire.
Spoons, which predate forks, fire, and wheels by about two million years.
“Ima need a citation on that 2 million years info.” — Chopsticks
Is fire even technology? It just exists in nature. 🤷🏻♂️
Fire is pretty great and I use it all the time.
Are you using bow drill or flint and steel?
Fire.
Fire and rocks, the OG of technology.
Fire isn’t technology any more than water and electricity are. The tools to create or utilize it are the technology part. But since I don’t use a firebowv or flint striker routinely, it’s the wheel for me, baby.
I often use the position of the sun to figure out what direction I’m going.
Yeah that’s pretty damn old tech man
Technique yes, technology I would question.
Sewing machines. I’m a professional cosplayer and sewing/embroidering is a big part of that. My newest machine is from 2008. After that, they started adding in all these different electronic features, that are garbage. The machines both break easily and are limited to the technology/software of that time. You want a machine that can sew through leather and silk with the same grace, get an older machine. If you want something newer, avoid electronics or anything with a touchscreen.
My Husqvarna Viking Emerald 118 is so strong that when sewing corsets, my needle commonly punches through the thick ZipTies, that I use for boning, like they were butter. It’s a beast of a machine. If she ever breaks, I’m going to find a used one.
is that the same Husqvarna that makes dirt bikes and chainsaws?
Probably at some point in the past yes. Now they’ve been combined with Singer and a few other brands under these guys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SVP_Worldwide?wprov=sfla1 who in turn are owned by an equity group so expect the enshitification to really ramp up.
Yes, but the quality is so crappy now. The same model of machine I have from 2008, is being sold today, but it’s rickety and not as powerful as it once was. Singer bought the sewing division in 2004 and kept the quality for a bit, but it plunged down in a few years.
How does one become a professional cosplayer? Is it like some freelancing thing where you show up to events?
Not the poster.
Although I guess they can. The ones I’ve seen are all online.
I consider it a niche of the generic “content creator”… Other examples would be twitch gamers, YouTube channels, even something like onlyfans, etc.
As far as becoming one, start creating content and marketing it. If it becomes popular enough, you get advertising, or sell brand merchandise. If you can live off it, your a professional.
I think they still make new ones that don’t have touch screens, at least at the entry level.
They do, but they’re pathetic compared to their older counterparts
I’m sure, especially if you’re trying to do leather like you said.
God damn, none of you use toilets? Disgustan!
Lever. Suck on that wheel and fire people!
Improvised hammer. Get bonked, lever boy
Bicycle
Fire.
I’m pretty sure I got a lever around here somewhere
I’ve got some wheels on my car still. I think my furnace uses fire when it turns on.
In computing? RS232 interfaces.
In general? Fire.
Agriculture
I eat bread, I drink beer too. Those technologies are both around 40k years old iirc. In terms of computing, probably a calendar, time, or a GBA depending on your definition of computing
