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They usually don't want anyone handling unprotected 18650s cells.
Tech you miss/ new tech trends you hate - ok boomers
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People who whine/make memes about their video game controllers disconnecting.
Fair enough if you got your console used and all you got was a controller with a rechargeable battery pack, but if you've got a more modern console that you bought new there is absolutely NO excuse to not use the USB cable 100% of the time, like an old wired video game controller. Where exactly are you going to be playing where a cable would limit you? It's long enough for me to play sat on the bed on the other side of my room, so unless you usually sit 25 feet away, the cable shouldn't be a problem.
Fair enough if you got your console used and all you got was a controller with a rechargeable battery pack, but if you've got a more modern console that you bought new there is absolutely NO excuse to not use the USB cable 100% of the time, like an old wired video game controller. Where exactly are you going to be playing where a cable would limit you? It's long enough for me to play sat on the bed on the other side of my room, so unless you usually sit 25 feet away, the cable shouldn't be a problem.
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I miss the sound of a modem connecting up, it made you feel elite. It's amusing the Hollywood scumbags still use that sound, even when it wouldn't possibly happen, fuck those Jews.
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The cable (even completely slack on the floor) apparently weirds my dog out, like he will not step over it. idk why. But I don't bitch about it disconnecting.
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If you were in middle school then and had a computer, Limewire was there.
Now you could just copy/paste YouTube links and download mp3s that way.
I loved playing Word Mole on my aunt's Blackberry.
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Me going through 3 Nintendo DS's due to being unable handle losing at Pokemon at that age, feel like a dinosaur now
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Me going through 3 DS lites because the lite's build quality was utter shit and I don't know why autists on Youtube idolize having to repair those now.Me going through 3 Nintendo DS's due to being unable handle losing at Pokemon at that age, feel like a dinosaur now
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A recent trend that has come to my attention is the stupefying of ISP provided modems/routers. Recently, I had experience messing with a new Spectrum installed modem and router with discrete AP unit. I wanted to use the rouer/modem as just a modem and allow a superior router like Mikrotik or a pfsense box to do the routing. I try to log into the Spectrum router/modem's web gui and it tells me to download the stupid app for your phone to access the settings. On top of that, when you disconnect the separate AP from the router and try to connect your own third party AP, the router ceases to connect to the internet. The fucks hard coded a setting such that the kit using only the given hardware can function if you want internet.
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I went through three of them too. The fucking shoulder buttons are the cheapest shit I swear.
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I don't really miss it but it's like a dogwhistle when I hear it, something in the brain instantly lights up. I've also noticed that people under 25 does not have that reaction or knows what it is. Why would they, they had an iphone with wifi when they were 10.
Modem-to-modem multiplayer was fun. First you call your buddy to arrange it, then your modem calls his, then you hope no human instantly picks up the ringing phone, or that someone decided to phone someone just before that, or that you have to call back because plans changed only for his modem to take your call, or...
It was so long ago but I swear that I can remember hearing garbled swearing coming out of the modem whenever an unsuspecting person picked up on the other end.
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That's hilarious.
WhiskeyJack
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I miss hooking up 4 X-box together and having 16 guys playing Blood Gulch in Halo. We did that my senior year at school (had half the day off, because they didn't have any classes for seniors after lunch), would go to the shop class, stole CRT tvs from classrooms when everyone was at lunch, would cook up burgers in the back of the shop and have everyone playing Halo for three hours every day.
I really miss that. Playing online multiplayer just isn't the same as having people all together in a room, shouting at the one guy who knows how to grenade jump out of the level and snipe everyone.
I really miss that. Playing online multiplayer just isn't the same as having people all together in a room, shouting at the one guy who knows how to grenade jump out of the level and snipe everyone.
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Spectrum where I am may be crap, but they had no problem when I called them and said "Please activate my new modem I purchased." I still keep theirs on a shelf, just in case.
(And previously I used their modem with my router, but I specifically told them I just wanted a modem and not their wifi 'kit')
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I had one where the L trigger and the thin plastic band on the hinge blew out, another where the thin band blew out along with the left speaker, and a third where the upper screen either broke in the cable or in the rear of the panel because it just shows a purple garbled mess. I don't know what happened that made them such shit when the tank DS and the DSi didn't have anywhere near as many issues.
SandAthlete
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I think everyone here is on the same page with hating modern internet & tech philosophies (x-as-service, centralization, IoT & other retarded buzzwords), as any self-respectable enthusiast should. It's perverse and invasive. Worst part being that average consumer is totally fine with it.
But I have a different bone to pick in EE realm, which is western consumer technology. Let's completely ignore how hard it is to repair and make sense of what's inside modern tech for now. Let's go back to the cold war era.
One great benefit of Soviet tech (& also necessity, considering the quality standards & scarcity of materials), was the documentation of electronics. PCB & electrical schematics were readily available for anyone with any technical skill. The general philosophy of design was to keep things modular. I can bet your ass that soviet tech can outlast any western counterpart with planned obsolescence, purely due to repairability.
On what's good with the current era, is the availability of cheap-ass Aliexpress electronics & modules. It took me 5 dollars, a soldering iron and some wires to craft a Bluetooth module onto a Soviet radio (Okean-222), without impairing any of the original functionality. All the schematics were available. It's a nice party trick, cheaper than any mid-range bluetooth speaker and I prolonged its lifespan for the following next decades (hopefully).
But I have a different bone to pick in EE realm, which is western consumer technology. Let's completely ignore how hard it is to repair and make sense of what's inside modern tech for now. Let's go back to the cold war era.
One great benefit of Soviet tech (& also necessity, considering the quality standards & scarcity of materials), was the documentation of electronics. PCB & electrical schematics were readily available for anyone with any technical skill. The general philosophy of design was to keep things modular. I can bet your ass that soviet tech can outlast any western counterpart with planned obsolescence, purely due to repairability.
On what's good with the current era, is the availability of cheap-ass Aliexpress electronics & modules. It took me 5 dollars, a soldering iron and some wires to craft a Bluetooth module onto a Soviet radio (Okean-222), without impairing any of the original functionality. All the schematics were available. It's a nice party trick, cheaper than any mid-range bluetooth speaker and I prolonged its lifespan for the following next decades (hopefully).
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I miss couch play so bad. Some of my happiest moments in high school/college were getting everyone together to play Halo 2 on custom maps with crazy weapon loadouts. Couch play is practically dead in gaming anymore aside from fighters.
I also really miss being able to pop in a game and fucking play it. It feels like every console title now needs half a gig to download and install right out of the box, and if you've taken a break from the game for a while, you need to sit through an update before popping it back in. Not having to dick around with patch versions of your game was an advantage that consoles had that seems to have evaporated as of late.
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Those were the days when "gaming lounges" were a thing. Pre online connected console days, you could go to those lounges that were equipped with massive plasma TVs and your choice of playing on PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, Dreamcast, and enjoy snacks and sodas with your friends. Good times then.
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My offline, fully licensed and paid-for copy of MSWord just got an update adding monetization. "Click here to subscribe to Microsoft Editor!"
I am appalled. It's time to switch to LibreOffice and keep MSOffice only as a compatibility last resort.
I am appalled. It's time to switch to LibreOffice and keep MSOffice only as a compatibility last resort.
Picklechu
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There are a lot of bars that have a similar thing going on. I was at one not even a month ago drunkenly playing Mario Kart 64 with friends.
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Floppy disks I don't miss at all. The low density ones were okay I guess but my formative years were when programs were outgrowing the capacity. The high density read/write ones were fucking awful, you'd have to save your thing onto 10 disks and hope they didn't get corrupted. Bringing homework to/from school was a nightmare.
But I guess it did let you fill the file with junk characters and tell the teacher it must have gotten corrupted. Someone should make a tiny SSD that looks and feels like a floppy and uses a reader like the old drives.
I wish Sony didn't fuck up their mini disk tech because it was pretty cyberpunk
But I guess it did let you fill the file with junk characters and tell the teacher it must have gotten corrupted. Someone should make a tiny SSD that looks and feels like a floppy and uses a reader like the old drives.
I wish Sony didn't fuck up their mini disk tech because it was pretty cyberpunk