Canada's population growth almost flat in second quarter of 2025
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God Of War 20th Anniversary DualSense Controller Revealed
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God Of War 20th Anniversary DualSense Controller Revealed
Fresh off the release of a 20th Anniversary Retrospective, PlayStation is continuing the celebration with a limited-edition PS5 controller.Steven Petite (GameSpot)
X-ray scans reveal the hidden risks of cheap batteries
Lumafield scanned 1,054 lithium-ion batteries using X-rays and found serious manufacturing defects in cells from low-cost and counterfeit brands.Andrew Liszewski (The Verge)
Hillary Clinton slams RFK Jr. and the spread of 'crackpot ideas,' saying they are costing lives
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X sued the Indian government in March over content takedown orders issued through its centralized portal.
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A county commission meeting in central Florida erupted in shouts and profanity Tuesday over a vote to rename a road after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot earlier this month.Sarah Rumpf (Mediaite)
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Solo electric vehicle drivers will soon lose HOV lane access
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Google reveals its Android for PC is coming next year
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Google reveals its Android for PC is coming next year
One of the biggest stories out of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit in Maui isn’t just about Qualcomm at all — it’s Android for PC and when it’s coming.Sean Hollister (The Verge)
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Ready to download iOS 26? Make sure your iPhone is eligible for the free update first
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Today is your Loki Day!
Don’t go chasing waterfalls.
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🇺🇦❗️Zelensky: Together with Mark Rutte, we discussed the effectiveness and further expansion of PURL initiative.
In just two months since its launch, the initiative, which enables the purchase of American weapons with the financial support of NATO member states, has already reached $2.1 billion.
We also discussed the threats stemming from the escalation of Russian aggression. Violations of NATO member states’ airspace are not mistakes but deliberate actions by Russia.
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The toddler-in-chief is throwing a temper tantrum.
As a senior diplomat at the UN said:
"This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?"
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Yes, we do. Well... at least some of us do.
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Fullscreen Quick Share redesign widely rolling out on Android
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Fullscreen Quick Share redesign widely rolling out on Android
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The big questions after Trump's Ukraine shift: From the Politics Desk - EUROPE SAYS
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NASA plans to deorbit the International Space Station in 2030. An aerospace engineer with more than 30 years in the spaceflight community explains why saying goodbye to the ISS will be especially hard.
🎬 Autumn means the squirrels are burying acorns for the long Winter ahead.
▶️ Snapped last year (0:20).
Obama says Trump linking paracetamol to autism is ‘violence against the truth’
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When was acetaminophen invented?
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When was acetaminophen invented?
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God it pisses me off when large corporations brand themselves as small businesses...
A $4,000 Piece of French Toast
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No you don't understand!
We played the legal system so that technically this branch is owned by our CFO who does live locally (for a month in summer) and according to local laws we can say "Locally, queer black veteran owned, small business" so therefore we qualify for these tax cuts!
The "medium sized" company of 3000 employees I work for did that to win government contracts.
Trump Rants About ‘Very Sinister Events’ at UN — Demands ‘Immediate Investigation’ ...
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Teen on e-bike dies after being hit by a landscaping truck, N.J. officials say
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Teen on e-bike dies after being hit by a landscaping truck, N.J. officials say
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Porter County Council comes together on budget strategy for next two years
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Porter County Council comes together on budget strategy for next two years
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In a river valley park, a command post manned by volunteers anchors search for missing teen
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The FDA is warning of possible radioactive shrimp risk again in new recall
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‘Cliffhanger’ Reboot Acquired by Row K Entertainment
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •... That I own, or that I use at work?
because my old lab had a UV-VIS spectrometer hooked up to a Windows 3.1 computer that still worked, And the lab across the hall had a TGA that was hooked up to a computer that still ran MS-DOS, the computer broke while I was there but they just hooked it up to a modern computer running dosbox and kept using it
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •If vehicles count, my 1988 Ford Bronco II 4x4. It is in surprisingly good condition for all the abuse my dad and I put it through over the years. When he passed away back in 2016 my mom gave it to me and I put a new-ish engine in it and other than needing a new clutch and starter (going in this weekend) it's been pretty solid.
Apart from that, I have a hammer that is slightly older than me, from the early-mid 70s, that has never failed me. At work, we have a Black and Decker jigsaw that is also from the early 70s that still works fine as well, just needs to be oiled every now and then.
Erik
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •those might be the oldest electronics
arguably, there's a sewing machine and a couple typewriters from my grandparents that might belong to me in theory
I bet there's more if I look into it
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •brennen
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •i have a little push cultivator thing from probably the 1950s, so maybe that?
or a 1954 chevy 3600 pickup, but "original state" is a stretch. it's mostly authentic to period, but we did a lot of repair and replacing of components, fresh paint, new wheels, new wood in the bed, etc.
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •my Dad's Drummond lathe, c.1932. Nice coat of Hammerite blue paint on it now and a lot of restoration been done 🙂 Good enough for small turning jobs.
Will be off to a new home soon, sad to see it go... will be part of a larger collection that an associate is building.
Leah Neukirchen
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •I found out just recently that our furnace is probably from 1995, older than I had thought. It will soon have a new blower motor, so it won't be 'stock' anymore.
I have a bike of about the same vintage.
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in reply to Extreme Electronics • • •You've tried it, and it still works?
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in reply to prokyonid • • •@prokyonid I had inherited my Grandfather's old Underwood manual that looked much like this one. Weighed a ton, and it's what I learned to type on.
Yes, I'm old.
Roger BW 😷
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Uli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Several-greats-grandfather clock from the early 1800s
Some Ship of Theseus to it, various wearing parts may have been replaced or resurfaced.
@NanoRaptor
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Next oldest would be a literal grandfather clock from about 1910, a Singer sewing machine from 1915, a brass theodolite from the 1920s, and a Telefunken Dacapo tube radio from 1952.
Various Strowger phone switching gear from ~1935-1950 that could work if wired up correctly.
Oldest thing in regular use is probably my 1977 Hammond organ.. which could use a bit of tuning if I'd ever come around to it.
Spenot
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •A pair of needle nose vice grips I found on the side of the road in the 80s as a kid.
And the Atari 800XL I had from the same time period.
Greys for Racial Ambiguity 🎹
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •My 1951 Franka Bonafix 6x6/6x9 folder camera. I got it from a car boot sale for $40. Because it was made in the early 50s, it was branded as “Made in Germany US Zone” on the back.
I don’t use it often because there’s mould in the lens, but it does still technically work and the pictures it takes are alright.
mossman
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •1951 Ford 8N tractor...
Near daily use for my needs around the property.
Bryan
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •An original copy of Super Mario Land for the Gameboy. 1989.
Stretching the definition of 'machine' a little: a trysquare that I picked up in an antique shop. I'm not entirely sure how old it is, but I suspect at least 70 years.
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •I've got my nana's old box fan from Kmart, probably circa mid-80s or earlier
is the power cord questionable? yeah but I'm an electrician and I know better than to leave it unattended or use it near water 😂
Kerry
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Stylus
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •what comes to mind first is my Xerox 820 with dual 8" floppy drives somehow still kicking when I fired it up within the last year. (1981 introduction, but manufactured into 1984; I haven't tried to date mine within that range).
My Model M is late 80s but it's not my daily driver anymore.
We have hundred year old furniture, a violin that I think is similarly old, and some kitchen items from the 60s but I can't think of one that counts as "machinery".
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •my car? It was built in 2012...
I move a lot so... 🤷
Alex
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Dan Ports
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •from time to time I use this phone, c. 1910s, and it still works!
No one expects it when you say "hold on, my microphone isn't working with Teams today, let me dial in by phone", and pull this guy out.
(The telegraph switchboard behind it is even older and probably still works too, but I rarely have occasion to switch telegraph lines these days.)
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Alesis Monitor One speakers, recapped in 2010, purchased second hand for my home studio in the mid/late 90s. Still my main studio/computer speakers.
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Probs my old PS3, one of those phat models my mom bought secondhand as an Xmas gift. This was about...18 years ago? I had to give my siblings my PS2 in exchange, which they subsequently wrecked. Just like the modded PS1 my dad got me...
But at least the PS3 is still kicking.
Piers Cawley
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Alternatively, the oldest piece of machinery that fully fits the letter and spirit of this is my windows laptop, which is coming up on 4 years of me having it
(I’m not counting the devices I left at my mom’s when I moved across the country last year, both because they were not really being used anymore and also that there’s no guarantee I can get them back)
Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •I guess the oldest "machinery" I personally own would be a 1945 or 1946 Graflex Speed Graphic camera.
I don't have a way to test how accurate the shutter timings are or anything, but seems perfectly functional, and can take photos.
Obbie King
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •tom jennings
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Hmm, lots...
my 14" vertical mill, new in 1990. Many of my hand tools I bought when I was 18, around 1972... Starrett tools I bought late 90s. Wilton vise, 30 years. I have a 6" precision steel rule made by Union Tool (Orange MA), easily 100 years old, I let it get pitted, so since replaced with a Starrett.
My Tektronix TDS-212 scope I bought new in 1995. Bench adjustable power supplies from the 1970s (bought used from Apex Electronics). Cheapest Giga-sample 2-channel scope at the time...
Though I don't use it, I could: Hewlett Packard Electronic Counter, 521C, five-digit display, electron tube monstrosity. Actually it needs a home, for free, must pick up in Los Angeles! Seriously. Worked perfectly last time I used it, a year or so ago. Come get! It's not that big.
A Cubic Corp V-45 digital voltmeter, alas, it's gone erratic, telephone stepper relay contacts oxidized I think, it's accurate to 0.1% still, it's a first-gen "DVM", a closed-loop automated Wheatstone bridge. Makes lovely sounds while operating. Lol, websearch it, up pops my own web page:
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my 14" vertical mill, new in 1990. Many of my hand tools I bought when I was 18, around 1972... Starrett tools I bought late 90s. Wilton vise, 30 years. I have a 6" precision steel rule made by Union Tool (Orange MA), easily 100 years old, I let it get pitted, so since replaced with a Starrett.
My Tektronix TDS-212 scope I bought new in 1995. Bench adjustable power supplies from the 1970s (bought used from Apex Electronics). Cheapest Giga-sample 2-channel scope at the time...
Though I don't use it, I could: Hewlett Packard Electronic Counter, 521C, five-digit display, electron tube monstrosity. Actually it needs a home, for free, must pick up in Los Angeles! Seriously. Worked perfectly last time I used it, a year or so ago. Come get! It's not that big.
A Cubic Corp V-45 digital voltmeter, alas, it's gone erratic, telephone stepper relay contacts oxidized I think, it's accurate to 0.1% still, it's a first-gen "DVM", a closed-loop automated Wheatstone bridge. Makes lovely sounds while operating. Lol, websearch it, up pops my own web page: sensitiveresearch.com/Archive/… (alas, sound sample is RealAudio)
Hallicrafters CB-3a CB radio, mobile or base. Perfect working order, I actually used it in an ancient car. Now it sits on a shelf. 1963 I think.
In an art project I made 25 years ago, I have some geiger-muller tubes made in the "Metallurgical Laboratory" at the University of Chicago, 1945. Probably by Fermi's technicians. Historic objects of no worth. One in use still works!
Fine instruments:Cubic V45
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •In actual regular use: a pair of Hamilton Buhl "Schoolmate" headphones from perhaps the early 1980's? Crystal clear perfect sound quality -- modern speakers/headphones are too bassy and muddy sounding.
Not in use these days, but perfectly usable: three Beaugnier alto saxophones made between the early 50's and late 60's.
And occasionally read: A 1949 printing of the book "Giant Brains, or Machines That Think" by Edmund C Berkeley.
Honorable mention: Slide rule in a drawer.
Andrew Zonenberg
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •I don't use it too often, but probably my dad's Aristo MultiLog slide rule.
The leather on the case is cracked in a few spots and the formerly white plastic has yellowed slightly, but it's still smooth and does math as well as the day it was made.
Anybody's King (Scrummy)
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Jonathan Hendry
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •I have a 1939 Atlas/Craftsman lathe but it's in the midst of being dismantled, cleaned, painted, and put back together. And has been for way too long.
So it doesn't quite meet the requirements.
I have a sliderule that was my dad's, marked "Made in Occupied Japan".
smellsofbikes
in reply to Jonathan Hendry • • •I have a pretty similar lathe, a little newer, and it's been a stellar performer.
Jonathan Hendry
in reply to smellsofbikes • • •@smellsofbikes
Flat. It seems to be an unusual one that doesn't get mentioned online much. I think the leadscrew diameter is uncommon.
It's a 10"/12" Craftsman-labeled.
smellsofbikes
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •A 1/2in drive Craftsman Microtork torque wrench from the early 1980s, made in USA and still working perfectly
A hatchet that belonged to my grandfather when he was a Boy Scout in the 1930s, holds an edge pretty well and gets used a couple times each year
Anton Sherwood
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Kenwood TS-440S, Kenwood ts-440 Transceiver TS440 ts440sat
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Asahi Pentax camera. My dad got it from the PX at the US army base in Munich in 1969. Haven't pulled it out in a while but there's no reason it wouldn't work if I loaded it up with new film.
I also have a handheld light meter, same era, but I've never been able to figure out how to take a reading with it so I don't think that counts.
Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm)
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •My great grandfather’s 18” jointer hand plane. I think it was made around 1910.
I’m using it with a shallow-angled jig holding two very thin panels for a guitar I built. The plane is being used to make the edges extremely flat do the panels can be glued edgewise.
The shallow-angle on the jig is so that the actual cutting point traverses the plane knife so that it dulls evenly.
#HandPlane #OldTools #Luthier
Zack Weinberg
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Regression To The Meme
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •We have a bread mixer from the 1950's still running. The dough divider I operated hasn't changed design since 1956 and the still make them exactly the same!
They cost an absolute fortune, and they're so reliable that large bakeries are known paying someone to destroy their old equipment!
ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •1976 Amana microwave oven
1936 Royal typewriter, dvorak layout
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in reply to smellsofbikes • • •KL
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •I have a hand-cranked drill that belonged to my great grandfather, and maybe one of his uncles before that. It's at least 100 years old, probably older than that, similar to the one in this article: instructables.com/Old-school-h…
Still works great!
Old School Hand Drill Overhaul.
Instructablessmellsofbikes
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in reply to multioculate • • •Bitslingers-R-Us
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Personally, it'd be the engine in my 1981 Diesel Chevette. The body and most of the parts have been changed, but the engine itself is largely the same.
I think the engine will outlast any made today.
smellsofbikes
in reply to Bitslingers-R-Us • • •Bitslingers-R-Us
in reply to smellsofbikes • • •It has a 1.8 liter Isuzu that was more commonly used for generators, forklifts, marine applications, et cetera, so it's overbuilt for a car - the head and block are cast iron, it has piston squirters, it has crazy thick bearings...
It's also 100% mechanical. The most complex circuitry in the whole car is the analog glow plug controller. No computers needed! Heck - if I really wanted, no electricity at all is needed. It'll be perfect for after the apocalypse.
Plus, it gets > 40 MPG 😁
smellsofbikes
in reply to Bitslingers-R-Us • • •recursive 🏳️🌈
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •recursive 🏳️🌈 (@recursive@hachyderm.io)
Hachyderm.iosmellsofbikes
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Um..
Huh. My 2013 Kawasaki KLR 650.
Bought it new off the showroom floor, still ride it
Not old,but it's always been mine
sidereal
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •I have a Starrett combination square that my grandfather bought used during the Great Depression. Likely from the 1910's or 1920's. It's still perfectly true, and easier to work with than any new ones. The level even still works.
It's far, far better than most new combo squares they make today. Only ones that are still as good are Mitutoyo. Even contemporary Starretts aren't as good, their QC has been slipping.
smellsofbikes
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Probably old kitchen tools we inherited from my Grandmothers.
Manual egg beater comes to mind, could be 100 years old. We also have an old hand-cranked ice cream maker (which was used to divert us children at holidays 50 years ago!) 🙂
#History #Tools
Fluffy Kitty Cat
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Pierre Chambert-Protat
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •If it needs to have gears and stuff though, that would be an early 1900s pocket watch
Contentment
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Zyfdnug
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •the watch my grandmother left me. Nothing fancy (probably rather cheap) and quite scratchy, but still in working condition.
And thanks for the reminder -- I don't usually wear it, but it's good to do so once in a while!
Daniele10
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •oo machinery... my Bernina 830 sewing machine.
I have several tools much older but I didn't know that they qualify as machinery.
wolfgang lackner
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Alaric Snell-Pym
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •I've got a post vice that's probably over a century old, set up in my workshop and regularly used.
I've also got a lime kiln that's visible on maps from the late 1800s, but it's now got a tree growing in the middle of it so would require some work to get going again. It's near the ironworks where the process to mass produce steel economically was discovered, so lime from it may have been used in those experiments!
Erik 📻🪐🚲
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Still used for slicing potatoes.
Scanner
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Janne Moren
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Otte Homan - remember Geordie
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •La Guiri
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •a hand blender from 2001.
My parents probably have older stuff.
David in Tokyo
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •1953 Rolleiflex, f/3.5 Tessar.
Works seriously great. In completely original condition. Took it out shooting yesterday and today.
Charlie Stross
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •My tenement flat. It was built some time in the 1820s, so it's been up and running and inhabited for a couple of centuries now. (Per Le Corbusier, "a house is a machine for living in".)
I have some books that are a bit older, though.
Spo0000opybirb
in reply to Charlie Stross • • •@cstross "But who wants to live in a machine?"
-- everyone less than impressed by Le Corbusier
Coral’s smaller fruits
in reply to Charlie Stross • • •Charlie Stross
in reply to Coral’s smaller fruits • • •Yes, but I live in a century-older implementation and it is, somehow, *much better* than a generic high rise flat.
(I have a circular garret, up a winding staircase! And an irregular septagonal kitchen! And floors that aren't flat because the joists are 200 years old and were carved from the same 500 year old oaks as Royal Navy ships of the line! Also patchy wifi because 3 foot thick stone walls between some of the rooms, but we can't have everything.)
Coral’s smaller fruits
in reply to Charlie Stross • • •Nanoraptor
in reply to Charlie Stross • • •jwz
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •jwz: Contrafactuals
www.jwz.orgCharlie Stross
in reply to jwz • • •@jwz Entirely true, but also: have you noticed when someone tells you they remember their previous incarnation they always mean someone like Julius Caesar or Cleopatra—not some poor nameless grunt worked to death in a latifunda, or harvesting rice in bronze-age China?
We remember the highlights. But the pervasive homophobia of the 1980s, the ghastly death toll from AIDS extending into the 1990s, PTSD from fear of nuclear war—these all get filtered out by the rosy glow of nostalgia.
Jay Stephens
in reply to Charlie Stross • • •That's because those who can remember their past lives are wise old powerful souls
/s
Christof Damian 💙💛
in reply to Charlie Stross • • •@cstross I don't think buildings count. Ours is also from 17something.
I have a motorbike from 1999 and mostly works.
Also, a collection of 90s hi-fi and my TI-30 calculator from school is from 1978, apparently.
Charlie Stross
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in reply to Charlie Stross • • •Very nice. I like the shiny front.
I never had a programmable one.
@NanoRaptor
Clifton Royston
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Depends what you consider "machinery"?
I have a pair of binoculars (probably "field glasses" back then) which belonged to my great-grandfather (or maybe great-great-grandfather, I lose track) when he was a war correspondent in WW I. That makes them over a century old. His folding (!) miniature typewriter used to be in the family too; possibly my brother still has it.
I still use the Aroma rice cooker I got after breaking up with my 1st wife, 27 years ago. Works great.
Not The LBC Guy
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Tom Armstrong
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •: A #Nikkormat FT3 from around 1977, who was, with the EM, one of the best #Nikon camera.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkorma…
camera brand
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Daniele Pantaleo 🦥
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •an Olivetti typewriter (forgot the model, maybe one From the Lettera series), and two Solari Udine "Dator60" flip clocks (the ones with the calendar)
They *do* work, but currently in jammed state
lilo
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •it might be my electronic D&D game.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeo…
electronic board game
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Timberwolf
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Flavio Gurgel
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Never been serviced, only changed the cartridge for a better one but from the same era. Still running flawlessly.
Liam Proven
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •My family just bought a "new" house. It's around the corner from where I currently rent. The street was built in 1949-1851 (from the dates on some buildings.)
So I own a dwelling from ~1850. It has an original fireplace and stove in the cellar.
Does that count?
christian mock
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •H.Lunke & Socke
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •That might be this telephone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W48_(tel…
I also own a white one but that is currently not working
telephone
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Dr. Julia Riede
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Terence
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Hugo "Dark Satanic" Mills
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •I have a couple of 1950s slide rules, and a Box Brownie of indeterminate vintage (but probably at least as old). There's a 1970s HP38C (IIRC) in a box over ←there too.
I haven't tried out the camera, but it's Probably Still OK, as long as you can find suitable film for it.
Karl Nelson
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Daniel Bohrer
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •not sure. I have this treadle sewing machine [1] from before 1951, and this old hand-crank grinder [2], undated, but could be 1930s. But I love both of them equally.
[1]: chaos.social/@daniel_bohrer/11…
[2]: chaos.social/@daniel_bohrer/11…
Daniel Bohrer (@daniel_bohrer@chaos.social)
chaos.socialDickenhobelix
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •not sure if it counts as "machinery", but both my grandfather and my great-grandfather were blacksmiths. I still own and occasionally use some of the tongs and hammers my great-grandfather made himself during his apprenticeship, probably roughly 100 years ago, and passed on to my grandfather.
Sadly I couldn't rescue the old anvil, though...
Dobviews
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Emma-Martin 🇨🇦🤝🇵🇸🇺🇦
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Phillip Upton
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Reinterpreting the question to be limited to what a modern day person would consider “technology”.
About 10 feet away from me is a LaserJet 4MP that I bought in 1994. It is hooked up vai a parallel to usb cable to an Apple Airport Express.
That makes it available to everything on the network. And, since it does postscript… all you need is a generic postscript driver.
I don’t print a lot these days, but it still works like a champ.
duck whomst meow
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Karsten
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Ada Swordlace
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Jón Fairbairn
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Not sure of the date, but 1880 give or take a fair margin of error.
mbpaz
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •I had to think about this one - likely the old Pioneer Hi-Fi stereo in my WFH office, I think from the late 70s - a roommate and I bought off Craigslist while we were in undergrad, not realizing quite what a good deal we got.
The aux input is a bit scratchy, and it's missing one of the feet, but the rest works fine.
Reiner Jung
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •coffee grinder. One big one and electric and a smaller one for manual operation.
They are both at least 60 years old.
Also a side board at least 70s old, but that's not a tool. And some bed sheets that are at least 100 years old linen sheets.
Ponygol
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •An RG-28 electric mixer. Made in summer 1979 in GDR its even older than myself and still kneads the toughest gingerbread doughs around christmas.
Took it apart to give it a thorough cleaning after covid hit and looking at the brushes, this thing probably has another 50 years in it.
Eric O'Connell
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •priryo
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •A screwdriver from my Dad that could be more than 40.
Kernel Bob
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •JWcph, Radicalized By Decency
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •I think that would be my 50's Husqvarna sewing machine 👉 youtu.be/wxj_Wr8awlE - I think the only non-original part in it is the top thread guide, which broke so I 3D printed a replacement.
I recently acquired another (free, thrown away) 50's sewing machine, by the way, see picture. I love them. 😁
TLC: My 50's Husqvarna Sewing Machine - Dub'ya Makes
YouTubeSpeed demon 🇪🇺 🇳🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •N95 subnet mask 😷
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Workshopshed
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •have a lathe from the 1990s but things like hammers and saws which are likely much older.
workshopshed.com/2008/03/lathe…
Lathe Arrival and Testing - Workshopshed
Andy from Workshopshed (Workshopshed)Ben Holm
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •David de Groot
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Schluffiger Schluff
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Does my floating DeArmond "Guitar Mike" pickup from 1949 count as machinery?
(see: norden.social/@schluff/1149162…)
If not, probably my Mixi 700 blender from the 1950s.
Or, if amplifiers count, maybe one of my 1950s tube amplifiers. I don't really know whether the blender or my Loewe Opta Meteor 1781W radio (see: norden.social/@schluff/1152097…) is older.
Schluffiger Schluff (@schluff@norden.social)
norden.socialThorne Lawler
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •(*)-Two ‘great’s confirmed. More probable. Handed down over at least four generations.
Citizen ❎️❎️
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •a calculator manufactured c1820. It is a little battered but functions like a little champion
(Little is relative, it weighs around 5kg with the workings made out of brass and it is encased in oak)
My family have been into computers for a very long time 😂
Chewie
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Squiddy
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •LarsNygard
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Not my freezer, as of yesterday.....
But my laptop is still going strong:
CPU: dual core Intel Core i5-2520M (-MT MCP-) speed/min/max: 3200/800/3200 MHz
Kernel: 6.16.7+deb14-amd64 x86_64 Up: 2d 15h 10m Mem: 5.01/7.64 GiB (65.6%)
Storage: 476.85 GiB (14.6% used) Procs: 296 Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.39
But my drill from 1998 is probably the oldest.
M. E. Garber
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •ralocycleuse
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Fun fact: nowadays sewing machine needles are still the same.
Lu 🇦🇲
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •scmbradley
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Nick Frederiksen
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •I have a couple of stone tools: Axe-heads along with some arrow- and spear heads. They are between 3500 and 5000 years old. And still sharp.
If you mean mechanical machines, I have my great great grandfathers pocket watch. The exact year it was made is unknown, but the clockwork is not made after 1905. We believe it is mid to late 1890's. It still works and I still use it when I'm in a three piece suit.
Then, I have a first edition of the His Masters Voice Model 102 from 1936. Still in working condition, even though it could use some tightening, cleaning and a bit of oil...
David W. Jones
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Chris on a flaming pogo stick!
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •My mother in law inherited a desk fan from her brother that, by my guess, was made in the 20’s or 30’s. The mechanism by which the top sawed back and forth is broke , but it otherwise purrs like a kitten.
After that, probably my 2005 PBG4.
Chris on a flaming pogo stick!
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in reply to Nanoraptor • • •Gulleko
in reply to Nanoraptor • • •I only had to replace the dried up rubber parts (the driving belt and the bobbin winder) and give it a good oiling and it works great.
I don't know how old the attached engine is though, I think this was originally a treadle machine that got modified.