Being kind to one another
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2025
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Fax machines. Government and medical offices would grind to a halt without them. That's just reality.
Because it can do something that the alternatives can't do or because they refuse to use something more modern?
Because it works. Every part needed to run those machines, even line of code, every possible cause of failure is well documented and there are layers and layers of redundant protocol to ensure that if something does go wrong downtime is minimal.
The entire purpose of these machines are designed to run for as long as theyβre needed. Theyβre not replaced or upgraded because they were never meant to be. A lot of effort went into this being the case.
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Even worse, the US military, at least, is still using teletype machines and COBOL.
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Magnetic tape. Datacenters use it for long term storage.
measles..
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
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Fax machines. Phone lines are pretty private, and sending a fax is usually more secure than emailing something, especially if someone else manages your email.
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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. Lifeβs crazy here.
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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clapper. plug it in and its good to go. don't want to block it in to much though and muffle sound getting to it.
I want to throw a shout out to the site that cloned the old Google reader by making theoldreader.com
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