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Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> writes:

> On 2018-06-28, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
> 
>> But all the new gadgets?  Most of them leave me cold. After every
>> browser upgrade (or Emacs upgrade, for that matter) I spend a lot of
>> time figuring out how to disable all the new features.
> 
> Or downgrade back to something that works.  Stan Kelly-Bootle coined
> the term "sidegrade" for these not-really-upgrades.

Yeah.  I'm running a risably old Emacs and even older Linux.  Soon be
forced to update kernal/system, driven by ubiquitousness of HTTPS and
latest TLS crypto. Old libc doesn't support the browsers new enough to
do the crypto.  Hacking kernel code is above my job grade.

>> I was getting pretty good with a 35mm SLR but now I'm reduced to the
>> equivalent of ny 1955 Brownie Hawkeye or else a pricey camera that
>> takes 10 minutes and good eyesight just to set up all the options
>> for a shot.
> 
> I took some pretty decent underwater photos with my Nikonos V.
> Then I tried a little digital camera and found I had no more TTL
> metering, a crappy strobe that scared fish away with its preflashes,
> and an autofocus that insisted on focusing on what it wanted, rather
> than what I wanted.  And that's when I retired from underwater photography.

Pits.

>> I guess I should get a cell phone pretty soon.  Old guy, y'know, can
>> no longer be sure of walking home from anywhere in any weather and all
>> the pay phones are gone.
> 
> Flip phones are still available.  Keep your eyes open.
> You don't need to get an electronic ankle bracelet.

Yes indeed.  RSN. :-)

>> Digital house?  Um, will it chuck another bolt of wood into the kitchen
>> range or replace the leathers in my hand pump when needed?
> 
> No, but the TV will report to all and sundry just what you're watching
> and when you watch it.  And the fridge will do the same for your food.
> Big Brother, thy name is Google.

An upside to dialup net: The fridge can't call home surrepetitiously.

>> My electric toaster is 115 years old, gets used
>> daily in summer.  Don't think I need a digital one.

Thinko, sorry. The toaster is only 105 years old. 1913 model.  Should
I have used a calculator i.o. mental arithmetic? :-\

> Hear, hear.



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Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada