What's something that's seen as Obsolete, but isn't?
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Having to physically wire tap the phone line is a lot more difficult and requires local bad actors. Email’s exposure to the internet makes it easier to hack. Yes, email can be encrypted, but if your server is compromised, that doesn’t matter. Compromising a fax machine that isn’t connected to the internet is nearly impossible.
Proton mail is encrypted on the server with your key and proton does not have access to it. If you lose your login credentials and have to reset then you lose your old email because that key is not getting recovered.
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Proton mail is encrypted on the server with your key and proton does not have access to it. If you lose your login credentials and have to reset then you lose your old email because that key is not getting recovered.
The email comes into their server unencrypted. They promise that they will encrypt it for you, though. Of course, you’re also relying on the sending server to keep the message secure as well.
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Trackballs
You might think of them as this old mouse that you had 20 years ago, but actually the technology is still being used for all kinds of things, including ergonomic mouse
I can actually game with one, and I've outright worn out 3. They last longer than traditional mice too.
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Ota analog signals.
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As a stupid american that took a few German classes in highschool many years ago, I must know, do you call it "der Projektor" or "der Bildwerfer"?
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Apparently trains for some people
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"It can't be hacked"
Of course, it can, and a lot more easily than a TLS stream, but try convincing them of that.
Everyone even tangentially related to healthcare is terrified of violating HIPAA in a way that leaves evidence that can be traced back to them. So the corps force dumb shit like this, while the employees are perfectly happy to tell all kinds of private health information to anyone who will listen. Especially if it's funny or gross.
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Fax machines. Government and medical offices would grind to a halt without them. That's just reality.
That's basically the answer to the opposite question: what is something that someone thinks isn't obsolete, but really is?
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I recently switched to a Leaf one and love it. It's about the same as my Harry's razor, but a hell of a lot less expensive when even Costco is selling their reloads at $27. The leaf blades are way less expensive, and they aren't even proprietary.
Every single leaf I or my wife has had broke. Very good when they worked though. I still use the twig on occasion.
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...for fine drafting, rotation is the last thing you want: that chisel-tip is precious, lead holders are love, lead holders are life...
I own far too many rotoring products for someone who does not draft. their lead holder is significantly better than the others that I have used.
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Lol no, never, why?
"school says they are because you could technically put in something like 10H and have it not read properly and they aren't going to check to make sure that students are using the right type of lead."
-a random reddit user like 5 years ago when I asked the same questionThat is the only theory I have heard as to why teachers say that they are incompatible that makes sense to me.
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I'd probably say something like my Sony Discman or any other CD player, if we're talking the general public. CDs aren't anywhere near as popular as they used to be thanks to streaming, but if you're collecting like I am, a dedicated CD player is a necessity.
I fucking hate that everyone is selling vinyls not CDs. I don't want to buy something that I do not have space for and would have to spend even more money to get a good player. My favorite bands sell vinyls but not CDs.
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Those impracticaly large fragile things, failing in cars with the slightest shock?
Never cared for them.
Casettes you could throw around, tape them if necessary.
Later minidisc for a short time and digital mp3/flac...
So no thank you, like DVD's spoiling plenty of movies by giving up in the middle due to a tiny scratch these things were a mistake.minidisc still seems futuristic to me.
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I fucking hate that everyone is selling vinyls not CDs. I don't want to buy something that I do not have space for and would have to spend even more money to get a good player. My favorite bands sell vinyls but not CDs.
The first ever concert I ever went to November of last year I got super lucky. Headliner band, a local hometown Rock group, had a few different CDs for merch sales. All the other acts had vinyl if they were selling their music on physical media, which was a real bummer because I would have totally gotten a CD from one of the other acts I really liked.
I've also been seeing vinyl at walmart any time I am unfortunate enough to have to go there. It doesn't feel right. Totally agree on the space thing since I can currently fit all my CDs (for now) in a small drawer in my desk but would absolutely struggle to fit vinyl just about anywhere on/in my desk without it sticking out like a sore thumb.
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Handtools in woodworking. There are some people who refuse use a tool without a cord.
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Tape drives. They're still used for backups/archival because they offer the lowest cost per gigabyte, as long as you don't need to access the data very fast.
Tape is rad for long term storage
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minidisc still seems futuristic to me.
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IRC: simplest way of communicating online, and a bouncer can be availed for free
Forums: great store of knowledge and friendly, helpful people. If you ask a question in discord, nobody will ever see the answer again.
Forums: great store of knowledge and friendly, helpful people. If you ask a question in discord, nobody will ever see the answer again.
The search functions in forums are notoriously terrible though (although someone will inevitably ask you to try using it), so finding anything useful relies on "outside" search engines.
And the linear thread format has been terrible since it was invented (which is probably why discord uses it). You basically need to ignore half the posts to follow the one interesting side line that might end up with a solution.
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Fax machines. Government and medical offices would grind to a halt without them. That's just reality.
Came to say this. Fax just refuses to die.
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Fax machines and overhead projectors, if you live in Germany. Basically every office here still has a (frequently used) Fax machine and all schools still use overhead projectors.
It was actually quite a shock to me when my University retired their projectors in 2023. They sent an email to each and every student as a warning. Life‘s crazy here.
Projectors that use actual acetates? Wow.
