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What's the oldest technology you continue using? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago by cybercitizen4@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Some of my coworkers were talking about using RSS to read blogs, which made some of the younger folks in our team ask what it is and why we keep using it.

Some still use iPods to avoid subscriptions and streaming services, my favorite was one of our sysadmins who showed me Gopher.

I’m curious about others though, thanks!

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[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago

Well, I have a private aircraft first designed in 1783...

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago

Wat?

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm a hot air balloon pilot. Manned hot air ballooning traces back to 1783 France, where Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes flew a balloon constructed by the Montgolfier brothers.

Hot air balloons were the first manned aircraft, beating manned gas balloons (hydrogen) by 10 days, and the Wright brothers by 120 years.

To be fair, modern hot air ballooning only goes back to Ed Yost in 1960, as it was a royal pain in the ass to heat an envelope before propane burners were invented. But the underlying technology (a big sack of hot air carrying people aloft) is 4 years older than the constitution.

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

Oh cool. I somehow completely forgot about balloons in general, lol. Thanks for the history!

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