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Even if true, why should obsolete technology be banished from the public sphere? Should I avoid being seen in public with my mechanical wristwatch? My mechanic
by tjr 11y ago
Even if true, why should obsolete technology be banished from the public sphere?
Should I avoid being seen in public with my mechanical wristwatch? My mechanical metronome? My 2010 Mac Book Pro? My 1963 Fender Jazz Bass?
- jfoutz 11y agoI'd go further and say, mechanical knobs dials and switches can be operated without looking at them. with touch devices, i have to look at them, both to find what i want to do, and verify what i wanted to happen, happened. Fundamentally, they're not obsolete. These are features that can't be duplicated without some clever additional device.
- FireBeyond 11y agoWelcome to HN, where I have heard sincere claims that someone who pulled out a "Thinkpad Thinkpad from 10 years ago in a full Starbucks if you like, but most people wouldn't enjoy doing it - and even apologize for it, if they got curious stares." From: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6322397 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6322397