I would do this. Or like first Gen smart phone era, internet was still wild, cell phones were useful and not just sadness machines.
Hear me out… what if we do democracy 2.0 and we actually remove capitalism/religion from the picture entirely? Who’s with me?
We can has buttons on our phones again, removable battery, and 7 day battery life?
That example still comes with built-in Google surveillance software.
You can scrape off the goo with ADB easily enough though
Even if you replace Google Play with a suitable replacement many banking apps don’t work anymore.
Best to have a totally different ecosystem not controlled by a massive American company which specializes in making money from people’s private data.
Regulate the fuck out of of social medias. Turn them back to what it was in 2009, a way for you to connect with friends and family.
It will make our life much better
The menenites I know use email and phones but keep it pretty work focused/practical.
I think the “beachy” Amish do the same too now days.
So you might just wana be Amish without the god part.
So you might just wana be Amish without the god part.
Also hopefully without the child abuse part.
You know what let’s just make a new thing.
AIM is social media.
See, what’s going on here is that “social media” is a word from normie culture. And if people only use the word in the context of normie culture, then it’s only used for normie websites. So people don’t see it used for geek media.
But if geek social media can exist, then AIM is social media. And geek social media can exist.
Discord, email, youtube, and piefed are social media too!
Can we get 90s cars there too? I can’t stand super high vehicles and dangerously bright headlights.
Or since we’re a small friendly commune can we get street cars? Like I’d totally take a trolley to get groceries now
They closed radio shack cuz they didnt want us building our own open tech. You can’t change my mind
Speaking as ex rat shacker, components and kits were already trending down as consumer electronics became more difficult or impossible to repair. Then they ultimately folded after incompetent leadership bet the farm on cell phones sales exactly while iPhones were still AT&T/Apple store exclusive.
I was working there during that time and it was awful. No one with any interest in electronics ever came in. Just the thirteenth person of the day asking for an HDMI cable for their phone which like 3 phones supported at the time. Why did everyone want that feature? I’ve never met a person who actually used that setup.
Lol I just remember trying to sling the Samsung Instinct, was laggy and pretty awful to use, but the best we had comparable to the “buttery smooth” iphone. Those were tough days.
That was me. I remember asking about phone HDMI cables in a RadioShack as a teen.
I wanted to Bluetooth a controller to my phone and plug my phone into my tv and play some emulators.
I never did manage to do either with my phone back then. I can do it now, but I never play games on my phone lol.
As a kid I remember wishing radio shack was a more general consumers electronics store. As an adult I really wish I had easy access to the stuff they sold, like I’ve had a lot of projects that need a random transistor or whatever.
I was too young to appreciate them for what they were and they went out of business before I could.
We have one open still near me and it’s incredible for hobby electronics, they have basically any small part you could ever want. Dunno how it still exists, but I’m glad it does.
I have one still in my town as well. Sure they charge $3 for a single 555 chip and I can get a pack of 100 of them for $8 online, but if I’m in a bind and need it today, as long as it’s before they close at 6pm I can hit up the RadioShack (they’re phasing out the RadioShack branding but still) and probably get what I need
If you dig around, you can find value kits with a few of of each major transistor, cap, resistor, diode, LED, and logic IC’s.
Radio Shack didn’t really have the breadth of stock you’d want, you were just hoping you could get by.
Buying a kit every time you need a compoenent, you end up with your own stock super easy.
Yeah, Radio Shack really screwed the pooch by not branching out into the online system earlier.
If they had set it up so that you could order whatever parts you needed online and then have it shipped to your local store and ready for pickup for you, they’d probably be tech Amazon right now.
Same here, rip to the RadioShack.
Also a store for some reason linked to pre-child-predator era Jared Fogle and Subway, they just kind of had the same vibe
When frys went too I cried
Fuck yeah. Half-Life, Team Fortress, X-Com, C&C, etc will be your top games forever.
With good modding community I can live with that.
Out here in Amish smokin’ fat doinks
I’m all in on neo-Amish, where do I sign up?
Put it in your away message on AIM, and they’ll find you.
See if you have any Mennonite churches near you. They can use power tools at least
I’d prefer 2008 tech over 90s, that was my peak torrent era.
Never had the chance to experience alt.binary newsgroups and PAR2 files!
How about:
No internet. Everyone runs a reticulum mesh network, HaLow to the houses, LoRa on mobile. We work out Video/Music service by private torrent.
Radioshack is replaced by an AliExpress store that carries maker gear and mesh radio hardware and a full compliment of components, fab tools and a community discount to JLPCB
The AliExpress store could be attached to a large warehouse sized maker-space where the eventual goal is to community fund all the hardware to replace JLCPCB with in-house fab
Bring me back ICQ, Winamp and the newsgroup thingy to d/l my (current timeline) animes and I’m good with the plan.
ICQ is so around, though I think it’s run by the Russian government or something, webamp is your friend, and usenet still exists
The 90s was good because my brands
Pizza Hut always sucked. Insane thing to be nostalgic for
Their crust was like someone took a cheap sponge, toasted it, and soaked it in lard. Just gross
Sometimes you want a shitty pizza. Like frozen pizza, but worse!
