#technostalgia — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #technostalgia, aggregated by home.social.
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Skype is still sitting on my phone. It stopped working when Microsoft shut it down last May (2025 btw), and I am still not deleting it.
ICQ did not survive the last phone. Moving to a new iPhone pulls everything back down from the App Store, and ICQ has not been in the store since 2024, so it just quietly never came back. No warning and nothing to confirm. On the old phone it was there, on the new one it was gone.
So a dead app lives exactly as long as the phone it sits on.
Who else is keeping one of these around?
#Skype #ICQ #TechNostalgia #Fediverse #Blog #Thoughts #Nostalgia #Apps #AppStore #Apple #Microsoft
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🔮 Ah, the golden age of tech nostalgia where reminiscing about #VCRs is the new cool. 😴 Meanwhile, the rest of us are just trying to figure out why we need another voice-activated #lightbulb. 🚀 Keep chasing those analog dreams!
https://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/i-used-to-be-excited-about-new-tech-but-i-rarely-am-anymore/ #technostalgia #voiceactivated #analogdreams #goldenage #HackerNews #ngated -
🕹️ Ah, the classic tale of a parent forcing their child to relive their own outdated tech nostalgia. 🎮 Because nothing screams "fun" like a text-based game in 2023. 😂 And of course, introducing a "tiny scripting language" named Cant—because who doesn't love limitations! 🚫
https://tau.dev/2026/08/07/canon #technostalgia #gaming #humor #scriptinglanguage #retrogames #HackerNews #ngated -
👴🤔 Ah yes, the OG "social network" from 1971—Finger—a text file that nobody under 50 remembers and somehow still gets mentioned on Hacker News. 🎩👨💻 Apparently, the pinnacle of tech nostalgia is writing about a primitive #messaging system that John Carmack once used to jot down his grocery list. 🚀📝
https://en.andros.dev/blog/54572bc7/finger-the-1971-social-network-that-never-died/ #technostalgia #Finger #socialnetwork #JohnCarmack #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the cutting-edge tech of yesteryear is back with a vengeance—floppy disks are apparently still a thing, and #recycling them is the new eco-warrior badge of honor. 🌍✨ Who knew that saving the planet involved hoarding what should have been buried in the tech graveyard of the 90s? 🦖📀 If only my grandma’s attic was as environmentally conscious! 🌱💾
https://www.floppydisk.com/recycle #floppydisks #ecofriendly #technostalgia #environmentalconsciousness #retrotech #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Hold on to your socks, folks! The tech world is taking a trip down memory lane with a 2026 "hot take" about a bygone login method that was as ahead of its time as your grandma's VCR was ahead of Netflix. 🤦♂️ Apparently, anticipating tech trends is as easy as predicting the weather with a 10-year-old almanac. 🌧️🔑
https://sjg.io/writing/sqrl-wasnt-wrong-it-was-early/ #technostalgia #retrologin #trends2026 #memorylane #predictionfails #HackerNews #ngated -
Gateway 2000's hilariously bad ads in the 90s (Part II)
https://buttondown.com/suchbadtechads/archive/gateway-2000-part-2/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221220
#HackerNews #Gateway2000 #90sAds #BadAdvertising #TechNostalgia #HilariousMarketing
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🚀👴 In a stunning display of 2014-level ambition, we have a replica of a 486 SX, because apparently, someone thought the computing power of a 🦖 dinosaur was worth resurrecting. 🤔 Maybe next they'll tackle the truly riveting challenge of recreating a prehistoric fax machine core. 📠
https://github.com/alfikpl/ao486 #retrocomputing #technostalgia #486SX #innovation #hackernews #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the good ol' days when #ATT was the universe's most ginormous hello machine 🤖📞. But wait, is it a machine or a philosophical quagmire? Meanwhile, the Internet stands aside laughing, dodging any attempts to be labeled a "machine," because who wants to be associated with ATT's existential crisis? 😜🌐
https://computer.rip/2026-08-02-telephone-leasing.html #HelloMachine #PhilosophicalQuagmire #InternetHumor #ExistentialCrisis #TechNostalgia #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀🔍 "Hardware hacking for dummies: a riveting tale of how to waste $10 on a TP-Link router no one asked for. 🤖🔧 Apparently, it's 2026, and we're still diving into firmware like it's the 90s, because why not? 🤷♂️🔥"
https://blog.juni-mp4.com/posts/42/rooting-the-tplink-tl841n-pt1/ #HardwareHacking #TPLinkRouter #FirmwareFun #TechNostalgia #DIYProjects #2026Adventures #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, yes, another stroll down memory lane with Mr. Nuttall, reminiscing about the glory days of 2015 when #GPIO pins were as elusive as Bigfoot 🦶. Fast forward to 2026, and we're still pretending that #GPIOZero is cutting-edge technology, because what’s more riveting than abstracting buttons and LEDs? 🚀✨
https://bennuttall.com/blog/2026/07/gpiozero-flow/ #memorylane #technostalgia #2015to2026 #HackerNews #ngated -
Exposition sur l'histoire du CD-ROM et conférence Technostalgia
Du 18 au 20 juin 2026, à Luxembourg, se tenait une exposition scientifique sur l'histoire du #CD-ROM et la conférence #Technostalgia.
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The Slacker G2 Personal Radio Player, released in 2008, integrated Slacker Radio's free music service with built-in Wi-Fi for playback on-the-go.
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🤔 Ah yes, the thrilling escapade of a 40-year-old chip's bit shifter, because nothing screams relevance like dissecting ancient silicon. 🕵️♂️ Let's dive deep into the arcane world of 1980s math coprocessors, because apparently, someone thought this needed a resurrection. 🤷♂️
https://www.righto.com/2020/05/die-analysis-of-8087-math-coprocessors.html #chipshifting #1980stechnology #mathcoprocessors #siliconhistory #technostalgia #retrocomputing #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀🥳 Welcome to 2005, where #PowerFox resurrects your ancient Mac OS with the zeal of a time traveler touting pseudo-security features for your fossilized OS. More of an archaeological dig than a browser update, it's perfect for those who still treat Mac OS X Tiger like it's a fine wine getting better with age. 🍷💻
https://powerfox.jazzzny.me/ #MacOS #Resurrection #TimeTravel #TechNostalgia #RetroComputing #HackerNews #ngated -
🤔 Oh, the thrilling world of reverse engineering a relic from 1989—because nothing screams "cutting-edge" like DOS games and sacrificial test pilots! 🚀 Apparently, reconstructing C code for a game older than most TikTok stars is the new moon landing, minus the excitement and with added assembly-line monotony. 🙃
https://neuviemeporte.github.io/f15-se2/2026/06/20/needyou.html #reverseengineering #DOSgames #retrocomputing #codingadventures #technostalgia #HackerNews #ngated -
Someone really thought they were doing us all a favor by explaining that #ATProto doesn’t have “instances” 🧐—a concept only Mastodon-lovers care about. 🚀 Meanwhile, the rest of us are too busy mourning the loss of Google Reader and pretending we still use #RSS like it’s 2006. 📉 #TechNostalgia
https://overreacted.io/there-are-no-instances-in-atproto/ #TechNostalgia #GoogleReader #Mastodon #HackerNews #ngated -
😆 Oh, *Orthodox C++*, how daring! A thrilling saga where we learn that "minimal subset" of C means stripping the language to its bare bones, presumably to relive the glory days of 1970s computing. 💾 So, forget modern C++ features, because who needs progress when you can just be "Orthodox"? 🙄
https://bkaradzic.github.io/posts/orthodoxc++/ #OrthodoxC++ #CProgramming #RetroComputing #Minimalism #TechNostalgia #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the age-old lament: "nerds were cool before they sold out!" 🙄 The writer nostalgically pines for the golden era of quirky tech geniuses, only to find the industry clogged with self-obsessed blowhards who can't stop tweeting their greatness. Newsflash: nerds grew up, got jobs, and discovered LinkedIn. 🤷♂️
https://mrmarket.bearblog.dev/what-the-fuck-happened-to-nerds/ #nerdsarecool #technostalgia #LinkedInlife #quirkygenius #industrytrends #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh look, another techie yearning for the *good ol' days* of #macOS grid layouts, as if that was the pinnacle of human achievement. 🙄 Who knew that wrestling with a dozen screens as Hugh Jackman did in a movie from 2001 was the ultimate form of productivity? 😂 Spoiler: It’s not.
https://blog.hopefullyuseful.com/blog/macos-needs-its-grid-back/ #technostalgia #productivity #gridlayouts #HughJackman #humor #HackerNews #ngated -
In a shocking revelation, someone in 2026 still thinks building a glorified grocery list app in 2014 qualifies as a "lightbulb moment" 💡—newsflash: the rest of the world has moved on. But bravo, you "unplugged your phone" from your laptop like it's 1999! 😂 Now, let's pretend #AI doesn't exist and stick to #Java like it's a sacred relic. 👏
http://androidessence.com/leave-me-behind/ #lightbulbmoment #technostalgia #innovation #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the golden age of 1980s computer books, where nostalgia meets the 404 error page 🤦♂️. Remember when kids had fun with Lesespaß, as long as they enabled JavaScript and accepted cookies? 📚🍪 #TechFails #RetroTech
https://usborne.com/us/books/computer-and-coding-books #TechNostalgia #RetroComputing #1980sComputers #JavaScriptCookies #TechFails #HackerNews #ngated -
🤔 Ah, the glorious punch card—because who wouldn't want to browse a museum of ancient #accounting relics in 2023? 😴 It's a digital graveyard for those yearning for the thrill of #obsolete #technology and the scintillating excitement of "manuals and print matter." 📚✨
https://punchcards.tristandavey.com/ #punchcards #history #digitalgraveyard #technostalgia #museumofrelics #HackerNews #ngated -
🎩 Ah, the Acorn Archimedes—because nothing says "cutting-edge" like a computer that peaked before most readers were born. 🤖 PipeDream: where productivity meets the thrill of deciphering ancient hieroglyphs on a machine powered by dreams and fairy dust ✨.
https://stonetools.ghost.io/pipedream-archimedes/ #AcornArchimedes #PipeDream #RetroComputing #TechNostalgia #ProductivityMagic #HackerNews #ngated