What's a process where you prefer the old way of doing things instead of how it's done now?
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- Mowing grass with a scythe instead of a mower
- Splitting wood with an axe instead of an electrical splitter
They both are quieter and calming to the mind and soul, meditative even. And you kind of feel like an NPC in Anno 1602.
I don't think anyone mowed grass with a scythe. At least for me mow suggests ornamental grass.
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As a software and electrical engineer who has worked in life system critical projects as well as foundational financial systems with strict uptime and performance requirements....
My home is as basic as humanly possible, no automation, manual systems for everything. Anything that must be digital is untrusted, isolated, and has a backup. A cabin in the woods off grid is the only way I feel comfortable
I liked automation until the end of the aughts but software has gotten dystopic. Its still possible with open source but im a bit to lazy now honestly. There are so many things where the benefit just is not worth it. Why would I want any of my appliances on the grid or my thermostat. I mean if I had a robot to load the dishwasher then automation would be great. Same with cooking. Still would not want the fridge and thermostat automated. Lights make a bit of sense benefit wise but its not a huge benefit.
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I don’t like electric can openers. I strongly prefer to just use a manual one. I just see an appliance that has but one use and requires electricity to be tremendous waste.
Im going to disagree but its a bit situational for me. I used manual but I have a dog that requires this prescription canned dog food and when its that often the electric makes a difference. Its funny because the cans have pull tabe but it leaves a lip and I like to get the whole mass out like the crappy jello like cranberry sauce.
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Driving manual (stick). I have an automatic now only because the model/trim I wanted doesn’t come any other way but if I could have got it in manual I would have. This car has less personality than my last one because I operate it rather than driving it. I literally have less of a connection with it.
Playing music on a record player. The ritual of removing the record from the sleeve, placing it on the deck, cleaning it, landing the needle. Listening to an album.
Cooking on gas instead of a halogen hob. Sure halogen is great and super easy to clean but gas is visceral and ‘real’. I also like to cook over charcoal or, even better, wood.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Ngl cook however you want but honestly fuck gas stoves.
Takes ages to heat up water, half the fucking endrgy goes into just heating the kitchen. And it also contributes to higher chance of cancer.
I'll stick with induction.
Compeltely agree on the manual car though.
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Don't get me started on those fucking digital handbrakes
Those fucked me up so much when learning to drive. Ah yes let's try starting uphill with the handbrake.
Could not do it because I had no fucking clue when it was going to release.First time I had to do it in my dad's car which has a normal handbrake I had zero issues.
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Ordering at Subway. I used to be involved in the entire process of making my sub. More jalapenos! More olives! Now, I have to punch in my order on a screen, I don't even know when they're making my sub, and if I go up and police their every move, I'm a jerk. Not to mention for whatever fucking inane reason, all Subways in Korea have removed yellow mustard from their menu. The only sauces that remain are sweet or mayo. Fuck!
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The sensation of physically holding and reading a book made from dead trees.
Yes they take up space, yes I use my phone as an e reader when at sea or travelling. No I will not give up physical books at home.
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I love a manual shift car, feels so much better to drive than automatic. Make bread from just flour, water, and salt, sourdough is an older method than dry yeast but it works better for me.
I also love radio, literal airwaves, works when the wifi goes down, battery radios can work during emergencies but also I just love the tech it is so old and so cool. And getting music curated by humans (we have a local community station) is great.
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I don’t like electric can openers. I strongly prefer to just use a manual one. I just see an appliance that has but one use and requires electricity to be tremendous waste.
Wow I have never had an electric can opener, are they common in home kitchens?
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coffee. specifically, preparation of the drink. simple mechanical devices for grinding the coffee beans by hand, boiling a kettle of water and pouring over the grounds, or preparing in a press, or a moka, or a turkish coffee pot thing.
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Ordering at Subway. I used to be involved in the entire process of making my sub. More jalapenos! More olives! Now, I have to punch in my order on a screen, I don't even know when they're making my sub, and if I go up and police their every move, I'm a jerk. Not to mention for whatever fucking inane reason, all Subways in Korea have removed yellow mustard from their menu. The only sauces that remain are sweet or mayo. Fuck!
what the fuck? I haven't been to sbubby in a few years, but if they are doing this shit, i won't be returning ever.
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I want a phone where I am able to reach the top and the bottom of the screen without shifting my grip. Also being able to comfortably store in a pocket would be nice
i'm actually this close to just going back to a dumb phone.
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You can still do this.
Depends on the airline.
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It grinds my gears that programs are called 'apps' now. On phones it was normalized immediately, so, sure. Computers run programs, though, god dammit.
Microsoft have been calling discrete computer programs "applications" since at least the Windows 95 era, when Program Manager was replaced with the start menu. They've been inconsistently kinda-sorta doing so since even Windows 3.x, maybe even more, but nobody was closely paying attention back then.
It didn't become the current situation of monkey-see-monkey-do until Apple started using the terminology heavily with the iPhone, as you have observed. But they actually cribbed it from good old M$, much as they've cribbed basically everything else they've done in the modern era from someone else and simply painted it glossy white.
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Ordering at Subway. I used to be involved in the entire process of making my sub. More jalapenos! More olives! Now, I have to punch in my order on a screen, I don't even know when they're making my sub, and if I go up and police their every move, I'm a jerk. Not to mention for whatever fucking inane reason, all Subways in Korea have removed yellow mustard from their menu. The only sauces that remain are sweet or mayo. Fuck!
Subway still tastes good but holy shit the price bumps the last couple of years, I just can't justify it
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Ordering at Subway. I used to be involved in the entire process of making my sub. More jalapenos! More olives! Now, I have to punch in my order on a screen, I don't even know when they're making my sub, and if I go up and police their every move, I'm a jerk. Not to mention for whatever fucking inane reason, all Subways in Korea have removed yellow mustard from their menu. The only sauces that remain are sweet or mayo. Fuck!
You have automated machines? Here in Canada the only place i've seen those is mcdonald's.
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I love a manual shift car, feels so much better to drive than automatic. Make bread from just flour, water, and salt, sourdough is an older method than dry yeast but it works better for me.
I also love radio, literal airwaves, works when the wifi goes down, battery radios can work during emergencies but also I just love the tech it is so old and so cool. And getting music curated by humans (we have a local community station) is great.
Community radio is so good. I just discovered it earlier this year but it is truly a breath of fresh air from the repetitive top charts being played on most public radio.
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The sensation of physically holding and reading a book made from dead trees.
Yes they take up space, yes I use my phone as an e reader when at sea or travelling. No I will not give up physical books at home.
There's also not the same feeling of discovery or finding less well-known titles when finding an e-book online as there is just going to the library and looking at the books on the shelves.
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I get you on the last. As lowleek mentioned there was scummy politicians but damn it was nice when they tried to hide it and were ashamed (or at least aped shame) and most had pride in their position and thier institution. I miss the days when senators were senators before republicans/democrats and judges were judges first and the congress would put their own parties president to task for overstepping.
I wasnt talking about american politics but there too. Though that defenetly has been more corrupt than what i am talking about: german politics.
Helmust Schmidt was the last real chancler who cared -
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I want back my Dumb TVs!! I dont want everything to be connected!
