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Kyrgizion@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Most retailers have announced price hikes across the globe. I had hoped EU would actually get cheaper electronics and whatnot because of dumping. Oh well. Guess this 7 year old pc is going to have to sing it out for a few years longer at this rate.

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justsomeguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I’m just glad that as I get older I’m more content with simple things. I’d be ok giving up most tech things and I say that while working in IT myself.

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- Kyrgizion@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Amen. I also work in IT and I find the longer I do, the more I loathe new tech stacks and developments. I used to be passionate about new tech and its applications. Now I just want to be left alone where possible.
  
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  - pdxfed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    It’s not necessarily you getting older; there is a fundamental difference in goals, aims and quality of software now. 99% of major software is either funded by VC or incumbent monopolists who are interested in extractions primarily and establishing moats, barriers to free and fair use, and any way possible to monetize an interaction. This is why those of us who lived through the actual innovation stages aren’t excited anymore as it’s clear this is not “progress” and the warning flags are there from the first marketing pitch.
    
    This entire timeline though was part of the plan, it was never going to be free/cheap, functional and easily accessible forever. We are in the frog boiling phase now that doesn’t end until we take back some of what has been lost.
    
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  - justsomeguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    When the end times are here and you find yourself bored you can come by my cave and check my collection of cool rocks and sticks.
    
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- Franklin@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  no one hates new tech like IT guys
  
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- ITGuyLevi@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I’m just trying to see my kid through college and then I’m ready for something simpler. Goatops.com (well a copy/paste from before the site existed) made me chuckle and planted the seed, now I’m in the actual consideration stage of it.
  
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  - obviouspornalt@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    ndtv.com/…/man-fired-from-microsoft-after-22-year…
    
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qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I’m running the same desktop for nearky 14 years and I have two laptops that are over 8. Still daily use.

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