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!
Maybe my DS Lite? It’s from 18 years ago and I still kinda like the form factor. Honorable mentions to my DSi and DSi XL. They all have working batteries still too, go figure!
I use my lungs which were invented quite a while before I was born
RSS is the first app I would install on new devices if they didn’t automatically migrate all my apps and data for me. That there are people who know about RSS and don’t use it surprises me, somewhat.
Im 42 been using the internet since i had a 386sx. Been using firefox since it was still netscape navigator. Had a hotmail account from befode microsoft bought it.
I still dont understand how to use rss or what it actually is
Do you pay for yours, or what? I tried to get into RSS, but I wasn’t in the mood to pay for it.
I like Feeder as a free Android option
I’ve been a paying customer of Reeder app and NetNewsWire before that. I believe NNW might be free now. These are on Apple platforms.
It is free and open source, it’s my main RSS app on Mac / iOS, and I downloaded Feeder from F-Droid for Android
I was never able to get back into RSS once Google killed reader. I never found an interface I liked, and it seemed like sites weren’t supporting it as much, so I just kinda forgot about it.
A Microsoft SideWinder wheel for Windows 98. Still works great on Windows 11, I use it to play Euro Truck Simulator 2.
A pencil.
Knives.
CRT TV
Blanket. I’m believe that technology was invented before clothes or even fire.
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.
A spade or a shovel or something??
Yeah, I use a Jeep and a lawn mower that are both ~30 years old, but if it is the age of the technology and not the item, maybe fire or clothes… Wait, shelter has to be before those two.
I wish I understood technology like you egg heads. I’d love some clothing and shelter.
It’s all about the leaves man. I use them to cover my egg and my eggs.
Wheel
My clock radio alarm is from the late 80’s, I guess. It was my Dad’s before and it still works fine.
Agriculture
1990s solar powered calculator.
I hope they dig one up in 10000 years and it still works.
I bought a manual scale, because all the electric ones turn off automatically before i get a chance look how much it actually weighs and there is no easy way to subtract the weight of the plate. Also no super specific small batteries bs. Edit: it can do Tara but if it shuts itself off while i was measuring flour, now i have flour on a plate. How do i know how much the flour weighs minus the plate? That’s my problem.
I own three gram scales for food prep…
All three have tare and use AAA batteries.
It sucks those aren’t available with a tiny solar panel anymore
No I prefer my battery powered ones with the backlit screens. I agree the solar (light) cell ones are completely gone.
You just need better digital scales. As much as I love analog stuff digital scales have just become so damn good analog can’t compete for anything needing any kind of precision.
What electronic scale doesn’t have a tare function?
Your scale can’t tare? For real? I’ve literally never seen a scale without it.
Apart from the obvious stuff like wheels and fire:
I recently got my hands on an analogue camera (Canon EOS 300), which I’m now using to take some pictures. The first batch of pictures got back last week and confirmed to me that the device is still in working condition.
Besides that I also have an old Philips tape player that used to use until one of the gears snapped in half. I ordered a replacement gear but getting to the gear and replacing it has proven more challenging than hoped so I’m not using it currently.
And I still collect CDs, even though I also use Spotify.
I’m pretty similar. I don’t have an analog camera myself, but I’m using one. I Like that the cost of a picture (both in money and in Work that i have to do for getting and developing Film ) forces me to BE more considerate about what to Photograph.
I also have an old Tapedeck (Yamaha K350) where I’m still planning to replace the ribbon as well. I started making Mixtapes a few years Back.
And I buy CDs. It’s the best time to buy them IMHO. People sell them very cheap on eBay.
Edit: And I have an old iPod 6th gen with Rockbox that I use almost every day. -> 3.5mm jack is also apparently an old technology that I find Superior.
I’ve unfortunately bought a phone (Pixel 8) now without a headphone jack. Already had multiple moments where I had to confront the consequences of this action. Why don’t modern phones have them anymore :(
me too! I shattered the screen of my pixel 4a and without much thinking I bought a used Pixel 6a off ebay. (I needed a phone quick that worked and the shattered screen was somehow disrupting the touch -accuracy. Now I have a phone without a headphone jack and its seriously an issue. Bluetooth is still not usable. There’s so many situations where it suddenly doesn’t work. Then I have to restart my headphones or fiddle around with bluetooth. It’s seriously annoying. A fucking cable is the superior technology - still!
