Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?message-squaremessage-square140linkfedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down11
arrow-up1132arrow-down1message-squareWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square140linkfedilink
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 days agoThumb drives were a form of currency ten years ago. I go months without using one now, and even then it’s installing an OS for a RPi. I have an external SSD for backups, but not for sneakernet.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoDoing remote tech support for my company, “Just load this on a USB drive.” 😕 “Don’t have one? Not any kind?” 🫤 This was at a software company.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoTo be fair, at my last company, you needed a special exemption from my manager up to the CEO to plug in a thumb drive. Probably for the best.
minus-squareBrutticus@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThis drives me nuts. I used to pirate stuff for a fee (still do occasionally) and I would only do transfer with thumbdrives.
Thumb drives were a form of currency ten years ago. I go months without using one now, and even then it’s installing an OS for a RPi.
I have an external SSD for backups, but not for sneakernet.
Doing remote tech support for my company, “Just load this on a USB drive.”
😕
“Don’t have one? Not any kind?”
🫤
This was at a software company.
To be fair, at my last company, you needed a special exemption from my manager up to the CEO to plug in a thumb drive.
Probably for the best.
This drives me nuts. I used to pirate stuff for a fee (still do occasionally) and I would only do transfer with thumbdrives.