Earlier this month, I asked what you guys thought would be obsolete ten years from now
It got a shit ton of responses so going off of that, what do you are you surprised is still relevant today?
I'll start it off - I'm surprised that there are still people in the workforce that are completely clueless around computers.
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Landlines
Ever call a business?
Most businesses use VOIP.
Fax machines.
Now, I know that they are still around because of safety. You can "hack" landlines only by listening to them directly - i.e putting some recording device in serial with said line, or maybe some sort of scanning device around (same principle that certain current clamps work).
It's not to say that fax machines are unhackable, for from it, but there are less openings for attacks. And almost every one of them involves attacking the hardware (machines, cables, routers, etc.) - which would be a pain in the ass, compared to accessing e-mail databases, phishing credentials, spoofing, and what not.
But they're still such a pain, due to their physical nature.
Poverty and forced labour.
are you really?
Paper checks. More generally, days-long processing times for payments.
I think this will perpetually occur. People will have the work/management experience, but not always the technical skills. In the future, people will definitely know how to work cell phones/texts/Excel, but might not know the hot app or how to code.
Anti Semitism
Off topic thread has turned into askreddit
Cash only stores
So long as taxes exist, cash only stores will exist too
You mean until the government eventually takes cash out of circulation and bans it because they hate not being able to track it.
Huge pet peeve, especially when they don’t have an ATM.
Cash only restaurants too
true story, I was at a Tea shop and they said they do not accept cash. Was dumbfounded.
vinyl records, actually making a comeback.
They sound entirely different to digital files. The existence of CDs which sound the same or worse than digital files baffles me, but for many audiophiles, LPs offer a completely unique listening experience so they're well worth the added hassle.
Microsoft Excel
I hear this all the time but don't see a tool that can do everything as conveniently
Yeah that's the point. Excel is okay until you start dealing with big data. Also, the next iteration will have some major improvements (like string commands). I just don't get why an Apple or another company hasn't even attempted to introduce a competitor.
Queen Elizabeth II
on a con call, nearly lost it
She'll be there until 2100, to say the least
Bitcoin
AGREED I thought this would die in 2014
Crackwhore
HILLARY CLINTON
theaccountingmajor oh wait...
Damn full service gas stations nailed it.
My wife is from a town in New York where it is required by law to have an attendant pump gas for you. Always such a shocker whenever we visit.
Why voicemail?
most phones do VOIP now so I'm just surprised we don't have the tech to transcribe messages into an email, that's all
How did Elon hurt you? love that man simply due to the roadsters he makes (huge car guy) and his brash personality is a nice change up. His arrogance is a little much lately, but its entertaining and I do not invest in Tesla
PBR is great. Get out of here.
my dislike for elon is well documented here, I won't rehash it too much. I'm surprised he's around simply because he's swindled his investors. I would've thought the issues would've surfaced earlier and he'd have gone the way of that elizabeth girl from the blood test company, but I'm just saying I'm surprised.
agree to disagree, I like my beer to taste different from the can it comes in
I'm assuming you're talking about warren buffett and not me, I'm just surprised the guy is still alive, he eats like shit and drinks a million cokes a day. if you're alluding to my age, then yes I'm probably in the upper decile of ages at WSO, but by no means am I old.
Tesla
Those no smoking signs in the airplanes.
Yeah you're right, they should say "no vaping."
Western Canada Select - RIP never forget
BlackBerry
In a way you could look at this in the opposite too. Meaning, it's crazy how we still hang onto things based on status rather than function. All things considered, an iPhone is basically a status symbol now; if someone walked around with a BB phone you would perceive them differently.
Liberals.
It's 2018 for God's sake.
lol as opposed to bible thumping redneck goose stepping conservatives? I'm shocked partisan politics hasn't been eliminated
It was a joke based on the rather weak slogan used by Trudeau and co. that it's ''insert current year'' thus why isn't everything a progressive utopia?
Facebook. I have always figured social media platforms are so cannibalistic that it's amazing they have been able to last as long as they have. I feel a lot of it was driven by the Instagram acquisition which is clearly the company's future. Super specific targeted marketing for businesses also makes the Pixel powerful.
I just figured something else would have been new and better by now.
I think Facebook sticks around bc it functions as a passport to basically everything else on the internet, that keeps its attrition rate from outpace the number of young kids and emerging markets coming online.
Agreed. I was frustrated earlier this morning trying to login to my Airbnb host account, but forgot my facebook password so I had the whole runaround. It helps they have become so integrated so they have staying power. Internet passport is a great term.
I'm surprised the self-checkout lines at CVS, Walgreens etc are still using 1998 technology. Stop telling me to take the item out of the f*@#&ing bagging area.
it's amazing drug dealers have better measurement equipment than F500 companies
Dial-up Internet
Keith Richards
Car dealerships and the way they operate.
The Simpsons
Surprised I haven't been banned yet
Partisan Politics
Computers should have taken over so many things by now that the politician with actual power shouldn't exist. Anyone performing any governance function can be monitored in real time and any specific proposals can be voted on in real time. Partisan bumfuckeryis a relic of the time of warring tribal allegiances and primitive superstitions.
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