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Some of my coworkers were talking about using RSS to read blogs, which made some of the younger folks in our team ask what it is and why we keep using it.

Some still use iPods to avoid subscriptions and streaming services, my favorite was one of our sysadmins who showed me Gopher.

I’m curious about others though, thanks!

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 135 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I use a wheel almost everyday still

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 73 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Me use fire. Fire hot. Make food good

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Where your stick? Me have good stick. Very pointy.

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[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 63 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Stick, great for getting stuff out of holes

[–] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Stick, great for putting stuff into holes.

[–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And, break stick in half, get two sticks.

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[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 46 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheHotze@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've used a chisel before, but yeah, fire is the oldest I use on a regular basis.

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[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 43 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

As physical tech:

  • we have lever door handles at work and wheel and axle door knobs at home.

As digital tech:

  • Comma Separated Values as a notation predates computers. Then CSV has been used as a computer file format at least since one of the Fortran variants added support in 1972.

  • The implementation has changed as filesystems evolve but the basic directory/file model of data storage and the associated tools ls/dir, cd, rm/del have been around a while. ls has been known by that name since Multics in 1969, but can trace its lineage back to listfon CTSS in 1961.

Anything that predates copy/paste is doing alright.

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[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 39 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Spoons, which predate forks, fire, and wheels by about two million years.

[–] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

“Ima need a citation on that 2 million years info.” — Chopsticks

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[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Fire is pretty great and I use it all the time.

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[–] JATtho@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago (2 children)
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[–] Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Sewing machines. I'm a professional cosplayer and sewing/embroidering is a big part of that. My newest machine is from 2008. After that, they started adding in all these different electronic features, that are garbage. The machines both break easily and are limited to the technology/software of that time. You want a machine that can sew through leather and silk with the same grace, get an older machine. If you want something newer, avoid electronics or anything with a touchscreen.

My Husqvarna Viking Emerald 118 is so strong that when sewing corsets, my needle commonly punches through the thick ZipTies, that I use for boning, like they were butter. It's a beast of a machine. If she ever breaks, I'm going to find a used one.

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[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I often use the position of the sun to figure out what direction I'm going.

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[–] Beacon@fedia.io 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You need to specify whether you're taking about digital or analog technology, or some other limit on the question, because i think you're not looking for answers like "fire" or as another user replied "shoes".

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Lever. Suck on that wheel and fire people!

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’m pretty sure I got a lever around here somewhere

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

God damn, none of you use toilets? Disgustan!

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

In computing? RS232 interfaces.

In general? Fire.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

Email. Pretty much the first network-related utility.

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 18 points 4 months ago
[–] BugleFingers@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

I eat bread, I drink beer too. Those technologies are both around 40k years old iirc. In terms of computing, probably a calendar, time, or a GBA depending on your definition of computing

[–] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 17 points 4 months ago
[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 months ago

Agriculture

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

I suppose SSH has been around for ages, I use that

[–] WiredMic@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I ude Emacs as my peferred text editor.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Funny responses, but to get to what you're looking for: IRC.

Used it decades ago, and got back to it a few years ago. Surprisingly, most of the people I chat with are under 40, and it's close knit enough that:

  • I play games with them
  • Have met, and will meet others
  • Hired someone via an IRC connection (who I am now in a channel with after we no longer work together)
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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The headphone jack on the laptop is probably the oldest style computer tech I use.

The oldest physical objects I own and use daily are the iron skillets.

As far as overall, not just computer? I make sourdough bread, grow stuff in a garden. The sourdough uses electricity to cook so that part isn't old tech but the grabbing wild yeast from the air to rise it is ancient technology.

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[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Inclined plane. Arguably older than fire. Used as a part of a pointy stick.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago

How’d you get up there?

By walking forward.

?!??

Behold: hills

[–] spidertrolled@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 months ago

For a computer, I recently learned there are mod kits for the game boy, so i installed a backlit screen on mine. I use rechargeable batteries with it.

[–] hogmomma@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

I'd have to say the hair comb.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

IPv4? Email? Gas fireplace?

I guess if you want a real answer it's probably the terminal? I prefer terminal over GUI generally speaking.

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[–] HarbingerOfTomb@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I use a typewriter occasionally at work.

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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] lud@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago
[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 10 points 4 months ago

A Microsoft SideWinder wheel for Windows 98. Still works great on Windows 11, I use it to play Euro Truck Simulator 2.

[–] Toes@ani.social 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I have a 10 megabit ethernet hub (not switch) that I still use in my homelab. It's just a super easy way to throttle devices and helpful for diagnosing network issues.

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[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago
[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I have a grandfather clock I inherited. It's about 100 years old.

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[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

A pencil.

Knives.

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

A lot of medical labs still use analyzers and stuff from the '80s and only replace them when they die, so a lot of people getting healthcare might be using older tech than they think :)

Whilst I'm being cheeky, spoon and probably bowl technology remains relatively unchanged for a huge amount of time.

I guess the oldest thing I regularly use is my tractor from the '90s. I do often wish I hadn't accidentally killed my Amiga 500 as I'd likely still be gaming on that occasionally.

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[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm still using wheels on my bicycle.

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[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago

Yesterday I used an axe to chop firewood.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 4 months ago (6 children)

RSS is the first app I would install on new devices if they didn't automatically migrate all my apps and data for me. That there are people who know about RSS and don't use it surprises me, somewhat.

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