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What item have you been using on a daily basis for the longest amount of time? (linux.community)

submitted 1 year ago by ExLisper@linux.community to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Sometimes I will use something and realize I've owned it forever. It's a nice change in our throwaway reality. I think my personal record is a bicycle multi-tool I got for one of my first bikes, ~25 years ago. Still have it, still use it. When it comes to electronic devices I have a Panasonic mini Hi-Fi from ~2005. Never felt like changing it.

What's your record?

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[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In 1990 I was running a very tiny Unix clone at home (Coherent on a 286 PC w/ 1 meg ram) and... I don't remember if I couldn't get a standard reader to compile on that or what the problem was, but anyways - I wrote an email/usenet reader for my own use.

33 years later, I'm still using it to read my email every day.

Also, I think I've had my pasta strainer since the 90s.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How are you dealing with everything being in HTML and full of attachments now?

[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

An email of all html is an unwanted email 99% of the time. Occasionally, I save it, and open in lynx. (When a web site emails a security code.)

Attachments are more of a hassle, because I frequently need those. Save to a temp file, "munpack file", examine extracted files.

[–] gruf@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

impressive! got a source code link for those of curious?