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[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

Never forget what they took from us

Technology design peaked here:

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 6 points 4 hours ago

I guess it's very much a matter of taste.

Ten years or so earlier, you could still get a TV where the sides of the case were made of wood. Wood, metal and black plastic throughout. Physical buttons that went 'clunk', a physical slider to adjust the volume, a metal dial for tuning.

To me, that was peak design.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 23 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Wrong, you can get colored and transparent shells for the Steam Deck. Design technology is still peaking.

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[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 hours ago

I only got the backplate but man I'm tempted to do the front too.

Also transparent filaments are great. I 3D printed an olfa knife handle in transparent green (think Razer's green) and it looks fucking awesome.

[–] blackjam_alex@lemmy.world 66 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I like how they threw a 2DS into the pile of late 90s, early 2000s tech.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 12 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Fun factoid of the day: The Nintendo 2DS only actually has one screen. Go ahead, open one up, you'll see...

[–] lime@feddit.nu 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

fun followup of the day: a "factoid" is something that isn't true, but is presented as being true. go ahead, look it up!

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting. I might research that on the toilet tonight, or just drop the word factoid from my vocabulary.

Regardless, clowns still have to go to college, while politicians do not. Fun fact of the day!

[–] lime@feddit.nu 6 points 4 hours ago

i wrote it on the toilet before bed, so that seems apt.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 25 points 9 hours ago

Initially I agreed, but actually I think it stands. The design is similar enough, regardless of era. Honestly, I really do wish this kind of design would come back

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 23 points 8 hours ago

Eventually all of these products found a place in our hearts.

And our brains, our kidneys and for some of us, our balls.

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I don't know why, but translucent colored plastic gives me "cheap garbage" vibes. Probably because knock off memory cards and controllers for the PS1/PS2 used exactly that design.

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Give me translucent Game Boy Color any day :)

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 38 points 10 hours ago

Well if you don’t like black rectangle, you can have silver rectangle.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 hours ago

It just looks so... technological

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 28 points 10 hours ago

RGB, plastic edition.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Later: We all have 8 different flavors of cancer from these

[–] Snoopey@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Did...did you eat your atomic purple N64?

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 5 points 4 hours ago

It was just a nibble!

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 hours ago

We were all tempted. It's okay.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 25 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

The original iMac being the device that kicked off the colored, translucent plastic craze of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

There was a translucent George Foreman grill!

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Translucent George Foreman grill? For real?

Did it even have a power switch? Mine isn't translucent, but my OG George Foreman grill does not even have a power switch, you literally gotta unplug that mofo if you don't want your house to burn down.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago

I always thought it was a Nintendo thing first.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 32 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

That translucent blue plastic becomes about the most absolute brittle shit over time. When they say plastic lasts hundreds if not thousands of years, translucent blue plastic missed that memo.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 30 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

When they say it lasts, they don't mean it stays in the exact same condition and shape.

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Most of it is in my balls now.

[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

Microplastics are stored in the balls.

[–] parody@lemmings.world 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Now they’re technically not blanks 🙏

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

Well, you're not wrong..

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Plastic lasts thousands of years, most of it lasts tens of thousands of years but blue plastic singlehandedly brings down the average.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 4 points 8 hours ago
[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

There's no 3DO there, though.

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

I always go for the clear plastic replacement shells for my electronics. I got a Dreamcast with a chewed up shell that is now clear blue, did my GBA SP in a clear green a couple of years ago, and I'm looking into reshelling my Wii too now.

[–] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 13 points 11 hours ago

That blue ps2 looks dope af

[–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

Hey, I still have that exact iMac on my garage!

It's got Yellow Dog Linux on it lol

[–] Rinox@feddit.it 12 points 11 hours ago

One of these is not like the others

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

There is one thing In here not like the others...

[–] ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Graphite iMac G3 is perfection.

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[–] fu@libranet.de 4 points 10 hours ago

@Stamets I'll admit it looks cool, but leaving your clear Gameboy out in the sun was a bad idea.

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 hours ago

literally drooling

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

I'm 'bout to bust

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