Tech you miss/ new tech trends you hate - ok boomers

[Kikestein Trump]

i miss memory cards. Gamecube niggas rise up.

 

[Sperghetti]

This is a relatively unknown issue, but I hate how pretty much all tech companies and software creators completely disregard color spaces. Apple and Adobe are the only companies that give a shit about this, and I have to commend both of them for optimizing every aspect of the user experience. They are unmatched when it comes to content creation and editing. Windows 10 does have some support, but you have to go out of your way to enable it, and it doesn't always exist. Linux is a fucking disaster and I can't think of any FOSS user interface that's been done correctly.
I have a computer monitor with the DCI-P3 color gamut. This color gamut is 25% larger than sRGB, which is the most common color gamut on computer monitors. It physically has more colors, particularly in the red, green, and yellow areas.
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Windows 10 has shit support, and every application just over-saturates the colors as a result, making them inaccurate, because the colors used in them only exist in the sRGB color space, and the software can't tell the operating system to maintain their accuracy when DCI-P3 or alternative color gamuts are present. Reds, greens, and some yellow becomes much more vivid. I don't mind the oversaturation, and actually find it to be quite pretty looking, but in terms of accuracy and proper utilization, it just doesn't exist.
If a game developer for example wanted to take advantage of this, they could stylize their game with these higher color gamuts in mind. They could accurately use all the colors in the sRGB space, but could also use the additional colors in higher gamuts for proper model/object representation (If you wanted flowers in a game faithful to real life, for instance). Every object would be properly colored and doing this you could improve immersion immensely (Psychologically speaking, using accurate colors would not form conflicts in your brain, and would "trick" it into thinking that the game is closer to, if not real life. If you see a common object in a game with inaccurate colors, your brain is going to subconsciously notice the inconsistency). This would also mean the experience would be consistent across different users.

Immersion in the future will be a combination of high frame-rates (>120 FPS), sync technologies (Gsync/Freesync) to eliminate screen tearing (Should be a standard feature on every monitor at this point), larger and more accurate color spaces, and higher resolutions such that pixels cannot be visibly differentiated. Apple knows what they're doing.

I admit I don't have a very deep understanding of this stuff, but is this the reason that every Windows device I encounter seems to emit light that is so goddamned blue by default that I have to spend 10 minutes adjusting the monitor colors so it doesn't burn my eyeballs? Or is that more a problem with the monitor itself?

 

[gooseberry-picker]

Transmeta should never have died RIP


CIA Encyclopedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta

i miss memory cards. Gamecube niggas rise up.

 

[GHTD]

The person who decided fingerprint readers on phones were a good idea needs to be shot.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

I admit I don't have a very deep understanding of this stuff, but is this the reason that every Windows device I encounter seems to emit light that is so goddamned blue by default that I have to spend 10 minutes adjusting the monitor colors so it doesn't burn my eyeballs? Or is that more a problem with the monitor itself?

That sounds like color temperature of the screen in combination with the color temperature of the ambient light and maybe the default color profile isn't right for the monitors.

 

[Anja Din]

I hate the move for everything being a subscription now and not being able to outright buy shit anymore (I.e. monthly ms office, some 3d art stuff, etc.).

 

[Kosher Dill]

and not being able to outright buy shit anymore (I.e. monthly ms office

You can still buy perpetual licenses to Office, and I highly recommend you do so while you still can.

 

[fuckidunno]

I hate the move for everything being a subscription now and not being able to outright buy shit anymore (I.e. monthly ms office, some 3d art stuff, etc.).

As Kd was saying -- MS office you can still buy office licenses (*look for office 2019 at this time instead of office 365) though it can be found cheaper than the MS site price..by a lot
you ostensibly "lose" some of the 365 "live" type features for cooperation/sharing, etc cloudy type stuff (not the actual wordproccessing, etc)

but in generaal, yea, software-as-a-service allows them to not allow you so many rights...first sale doctrine rights for example

 

[Toolbox]

The size of phones has gotten ridiculous as well. It's like I'm carrying around a PSP constantly. My old S7 is dwarfed by the absolute titan that the V60 is and I though the S7 was big when I got it. It's almost comical compared to the old iPhone 3G my wife has kicking around.

Not to mention you can turn the already huge phone into a giant DS

 

[Basil II]

Not to mention you can turn the already huge phone into a giant DS View attachment 1649962

this looks fantastic for DS emulation.

 

[Pickle Dick]

Not to mention you can turn the already huge phone into a giant DS View attachment 1649962

this looks fantastic for DS emulation.

Lmao, if I wanted to play any DS games on dual screens like that, I'd just buy a DS

 

[An Sionnach Seang]

I work as an engineer, and endorse the use of technology if it's measurably beneficial; conversely, I'm irritated by the use of technology for its own sake, as it's often unnecessary and inefficient
in the UK we have a 'track and trace' system in pubs and restaurants; there is a mobile app which can help to do this, but the majority of venues use pen and paper as it's quicker and more reliable
yesterday I tried to visit a food court near work, that I knew was technology-obsessed before the pandemic - you could order from your phone instead of walking a whole 10 yards and placing the order at the stall itself (except half the time it didn't work properly)
their track and trace system, and their system for placing orders can now ONLY be accessed by phone - I can only assume none of the staff can use a pen
because there's so much unnecessary shit on iPhones/smartphones, and I have serious concerns about privacy and data usage, and I'm not a gadget-obsessed consumerist yuppie bugman, I have a very basic model of phone with no internet access
net result: I couldn't go in
fucking stupid

the place always reminded me of the technophiliac casserole restaurant in Look Around You (set in about 1981), where you faxed your order to the kitchen and your food came through a pipe - the difference is, that was a satire

technology has also made certain aspects of the railway network much more irritating

for a long time, departure boards at unstaffed and remote stations got information via cables; they are now wireless
net result: instead of telling you what trains are coming, the departure boards usually say something like "Error: No route to host / GPRS signal strength [|....]" - they might as well not be there

if you're paying for a ticket on the train, card payments are now done via mobile internet
net result: payments are often very slow and unreliable, and impossible if the train's in a tunnel or a deep valley (no signal)

one step forward and two steps back, but woooo, TECHNOLOGY!

 

[heyitsmike]

technology has also made certain aspects of the railway network much more irritating

for a long time, departure boards at unstaffed and remote stations got information via cables; they are now wireless
net result: instead of telling you what trains are coming, the departure boards usually say something like "Error: No route to host / GPRS signal strength [|....]" - they might as well not be there

if you're paying for a ticket on the train, card payments are now done via mobile internet
net result: payments are often very slow and unreliable, and impossible if the train's in a tunnel or a deep valley (no signal)

one step forward and two steps back, but woooo, TECHNOLOGY!

On a related note, I miss the old split flap arrival/departure boards like the ones they used to have at Roma Termini.

Such a satisfying sound when they change.

 

[fuckidunno]

It's weird how "technology" in common parlance has come to mean something like "electronic information processing"
I wish I could remember who originally said this (somebody in patent prosecution but I can't remember exaclty who and it might give away powerlevel anyway) -- "controlled fire and pottery are technologies"

 

[Dante Alighieri]

i miss memory cards. Gamecube niggas rise up.

I still kick ass at Double Dash.

 

[Pissmaster]

The person who decided fingerprint readers on phones were a good idea needs to be shot.

Same but with those infrared facial scanning things like on all the new iPhones, so Apple and whomever can have a detailed 3D model of my fucking face. The fingerprint scanner was bad enough, but they removed that starting with the iPhone X in favor of the facial scanner, and that's a bridge waaaaaaaaay too far.

this looks fantastic for DS emulation.

The realistic DS emulation experience, as conveyed firsthand:

1. Buy something like this:

2. Put your phone in vertically
3. Discover that every single free DS emulator is a piece of shit
4. Try to pirate DraStic because lmao at paying for an emulator
5. Pay for the emulator anyway because spending $5 is safer and a lot less hassle than rooting your phone and installing dodgy-ass Chinese software needed to pirate some apps nowadays
6. Remember that you don't have a stylus unless you specifically have a Galaxy Note
7. If you do have a Galaxy Note, discover that DraStic doesn't let you use the stylus in tandem with physical buttons
8. Discover that any game where rhythm is important is unplayable because of input lag that can't be removed
9. Get frustrated because every single controller made specifically for cell phones are pieces of shit in one way or another
10. Give up and buy a flash cart for your old DS and hope this one doesn't break in a year like they have before

 

[GHTD]

Same but with those infrared facial scanning things like on all the new iPhones, so Apple and whomever can have a detailed 3D model of my fucking face. The fingerprint scanner was bad enough, but they removed that starting with the iPhone X in favor of the facial scanner, and that's a bridge waaaaaaaaay too far.

My dad has an iPhone for work, due to security purposes and he tells me he fucking hates using iPhones.

He ended up buying a secondary Motorola Android phone for personal use and sticking it on a prepaid plan because of it.

 

[stupidpieceofshit]

My dad has an iPhone for work, due to security purposes and he tells me he fucking hates using iPhones.

He ended up buying a secondary Motorola Android phone for personal use and sticking it on a prepaid plan because of it.

Honestly I hate BOYB, both as an employee and as an IT guy.
1) I want to be able to keep work at work for my sanity, maybe if shit is going down contact me, but I am not answering emails or reading them if I am not getting paid.
2) BOYB is shady as fuck as an employee, any employer that rightly/correctly values Infosec will make you install MDM apps on your phone, but because of that they can track you/wipe your phone/other shit.
2.5) As an IT guy I can't really secure/lock down devices properly (both morally and practically) if the company doesn't own the device out right.

Luckily my current employer understands this and forbids use of personal devices for work and supplies you with a phone/laptop/what ever your work requires.

Even if your dad loved the iPhone, IMO its best to have one for work and one for not work.

 

[GHTD]

Honestly I hate BOYB, both as an employee and as an IT guy.
1) I want to be able to keep work at work for my sanity, maybe if shit is going down contact me, but I am not answering emails or reading them if I am not getting pad.
2) BOYB is shady as fuck as an employee, any employer that rightly/correctly values Infosec will make you install MDM apps on your phone, but because of that they can track you/wipe your phone/other shit.
2.5) As an IT guy I can't really secure/lock down devices properly (both morally and practically) if the company doesn't own the device out right.

Luckily my current employer understands this and forbids use of personal devices for work and supplies you with a phone/laptop/what ever your work requires.

Even if your dad loved the iPhone, IMO its best to have one for work and one for not work.

Oh he uses the iPhone for work stuff only. I should've phrased that better.

They have to use the iPhone for work stuff because of the encryption they use. I should've said he bought the Android for personal use.

 

[heyitsmike]

Same but with those infrared facial scanning things like on all the new iPhones, so Apple and whomever can have a detailed 3D model of my fucking face. The fingerprint scanner was bad enough, but they removed that starting with the iPhone X in favor of the facial scanner, and that's a bridge waaaaaaaaay too far.

Anyone who chooses to give their biometric data away deserves what they get. I have an iPhone with Touch ID but it's disabled. I still use a passcode. And as for Face ID, lolz. Fuggedaboutit. Not a chance in hell.