Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?message-squaremessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down11
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minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-22 days agoURL shorteners, AMP? Micro USB? Edit: Thinking of things that weren’t made obsolete but just unprofitable… Physical menus at restaurants, useful search results, human support staff, non-subscription software, open APIs, useful product reviews
minus-squarePodPerson@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·2 days agoI hate with a burning passion QR code scan menus.
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan she/her@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoI saw on Kitchen Nightmares one time where the QR code pointed to http://localhost/ haha
minus-squarethatonecoder@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-22 days agoHaven’t watched such an episode yet, but the developer likely said “Works fine on my machine!”, LOL.
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan she/her@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days ago“Closed. Cannot reproduce”
minus-square🔰Hurling⚜️Durling🔱@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoIve been on a restaurant where that happened
minus-squarepyrflie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoI don’t have a smartphone, so QR code menus mean I don’t eat there.
minus-squareTrigger2_2000@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoQR codes are great! They let hackers replace it with their own so they can infect your phone 🫠. Bonus points if they offer an app to download and really get at stealing your data. /s
minus-squareEril@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI almost never came across a restaurant without physical menus here in Germany🤔
URL shorteners, AMP? Micro USB?
Edit:
Thinking of things that weren’t made obsolete but just unprofitable…
Physical menus at restaurants, useful search results, human support staff, non-subscription software, open APIs, useful product reviews
I hate with a burning passion QR code scan menus.
I saw on Kitchen Nightmares one time where the QR code pointed to http://localhost/ haha
Haven’t watched such an episode yet, but the developer likely said “Works fine on my machine!”, LOL.
“Closed. Cannot reproduce”
Love it
Ive been on a restaurant where that happened
I don’t have a smartphone, so QR code menus mean I don’t eat there.
QR codes are great! They let hackers replace it with their own so they can infect your phone 🫠.
Bonus points if they offer an app to download and really get at stealing your data. /s
I almost never came across a restaurant without physical menus here in Germany🤔