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Even paper glows (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 142 points 2 years ago (22 children)

If you're going to do illegal shit, or shit against the owner class, don't use modern technology to do it.

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  • [–] 65 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    Dot matrix FTW

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Are those still being made? Can a consumer buy one?

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I don't think they make them anymore but unsurprisingly most are still functionnal.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The challenge would be to find paper for it.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    They are still used in finance. There are a lot of antiquated technologies finance still uses because some random broker with millions of dollars on his book of business just says “nah, I am not using the new stuff”.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I know Tom Scott was able to buy one brand new on Amazon a few years back.

    Link to him talking about it.

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  • [–] [B] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

    Link to him talking about it.

    Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

    I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Typewriter and serial-killer bashed together article clippings are based anti-establishment.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Wasn't there some way to fingerprint typewriters as well based on yhe exact shape of the letter stencils? I vaguely remember something like that being an actual thing for solving crimes

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago*

    Kind of an an-prim take. Understand the technology you're using. The only thing you should take for granted is that any opportunity tech has to spy on you has already been exploited by multiple outlets. Use your worst possible faith and you'll probably still fall short of what's happening.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Or do while making sure you 100% know WTF you are doing. Some modern tech, like onion routing and encryption, are still very useful.

    But if you're not the kind of person who can convert a 32 bit hex number to decimal in your head or recognize a JTAG port on a device when you see it, then yeah stay away.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Sorry to bring it to you, but printers are mostly retro technology.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Someone should tell Cannon, Pacific Office Automation, and my office that printers are retro then. Because my workplace operates off paper still, not my department, but everyone else.

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