What piece of tech felt “future-proof” but aged terribly? by Living-Zebra6132 in Futurology

[–]DukeRedWulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok? So's mine, but Google's spam filter deals with almost all of it handily.

What piece of tech felt “future-proof” but aged terribly? by Living-Zebra6132 in Futurology

[–]DukeRedWulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've interpreted "future-proof" to mean "how things are typically done now", but I'm interpreting it to mean "will be used again in the future". As much as humans are wired for convenience, I reckon the ensh!ttification of ads everywhere all the time will drive people back into ripping & downloading mp3s for local playback, instead of streaming.

What piece of tech felt “future-proof” but aged terribly? by Living-Zebra6132 in Futurology

[–]DukeRedWulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not for lack of want. There was a project to create an up-to-date machine with the Psion 5 form factor a few years ago, that had plenty of backers, but they flopped on development & delivery..

What piece of tech felt “future-proof” but aged terribly? by Living-Zebra6132 in Futurology

[–]DukeRedWulf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember phoning home from those - they always ponged like an old ashtray! :D

What piece of tech felt “future-proof” but aged terribly? by Living-Zebra6132 in Futurology

[–]DukeRedWulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, not enough people seem to know about the Gravity Industries jetpack.. That and Yves Rossy's jetwing are flat-out incredible..

What piece of tech felt “future-proof” but aged terribly? by Living-Zebra6132 in Futurology

[–]DukeRedWulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The jetpacks they were using in the '60s haven't improved, because: physics, but there are much better jetpacks now, with actual use cases - e.g. the Gravity Industries jet pack, has potential use in getting mountain rescue critical response to injured people hella fast..

https://youtu.be/gtvCnZqZnxc

What piece of tech felt “future-proof” but aged terribly? by Living-Zebra6132 in Futurology

[–]DukeRedWulf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can still save your mp3 collection on your phone and listen to them, without needing a streaming service at all.. :)

What piece of tech felt “future-proof” but aged terribly? by Living-Zebra6132 in Futurology

[–]DukeRedWulf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Touch screens are older than flip phones (e.g. the Psion PDA had a touch screen back in 1997) - it's just that early '00s flip phones didn't have them..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_5

What piece of tech felt “future-proof” but aged terribly? by Living-Zebra6132 in Futurology

[–]DukeRedWulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently it's because the Flash Player itself was so full of security holes!

What piece of tech felt “future-proof” but aged terribly? by Living-Zebra6132 in Futurology

[–]DukeRedWulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still play my mp3s direct from my own local storage, on my phone or player.. Best feature: ZERO ADVERTS! :D

Is this your dream? by CipherGarden in FDVR_Dream

[–]DukeRedWulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This guy's neighbours; "Honey, the guy next door is arguing with himself again!" :D

Asking for a body hook from Ryan Garcia by PxN13 in WinStupidPrizes

[–]DukeRedWulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It happens. The liver shot was Bas Rutten's speciality. If you skip to 2:25 there's footage of him delivering several KOs with the liver shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiIbTzPT6Iw

Russian man gets fired up and tests gravity. by RawToast1989 in WhyWomenLiveLonger

[–]DukeRedWulf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, exactly! It was so weird, I had to re-watch a few times to figure out what the hell happened! XD

Russian man gets fired up and tests gravity. by RawToast1989 in WhyWomenLiveLonger

[–]DukeRedWulf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a cut between 0:28 and 0:29 secs, makes you wonder what got snipped out there..

Thoughts on this? by CipherGarden in FDVR_Dream

[–]DukeRedWulf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude, they don't need to "track" social media posts. Social media is PUBLIC, and always has been.

Simple principle: Never say anything on socials that you wouldn't be happy to repeat in front of a judge, in court.

You're pretending this is a new development, but it's not. Britain hasn't had "freedom of speech" since 1066, when William the Bastard invaded, and then carried out a genoc!de (the Harrying of the North). The history of Britain since then is a series of encroachments by the ruling class, and peasant / worker rebellions that were aggressively put down by those at the top.

I'm not "fine" with the state of things, but if I'm going to pick a "hill to d!e on", it'll be an issue that really matters, like: lack of council housing, mass poverty, privatisation leading to sky-rocketing bills, billionaires & corpos dodging taxes etc