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DoomsdaysCWWhy Nothing Works Anymore<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a> has its own purposes.Ian Bogost, February 23, 2017"The contemporary public restroom offers an example. Infrared-sensor flush toilets, fixtures, and towel-dispensers are sometimes endorsed on ecological grounds—they are said to save resources by regulating them. But thanks to their overzealous sensors, these toilets increase water or paper consumption substantially. Toilets flush three times instead of one. Faucets open at full-blast. Towel dispensers mete out papers so miserly that people take more than they need. Instead of saving resources, these apparatuses mostly save labor and management costs. When a toilet flushes incessantly, or when a faucet shuts off on its own, or when a towel dispenser discharges only six inches of paper when a hand waves under it, it reduces the need for human workers to oversee, clean, and supply the restroom."Given its connection to the hollowing-out of labor in the name of efficiency, automation is most often lamented for its inhumanity, a common grievance of bureaucracy. Take the interactive voice response (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IVR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IVR</a>) telephone system. When calling a bank or a retailer or a utility for service, the IVR robot offers recordings and automated service options to reduce the need for customer service agents—or to discourage customers from seeking them in the first place."Once decoupled from their economic motivations, devices like automatic-flush toilets acclimate their users to apparatuses that don’t serve users well in order that they might serve other actors, among them corporations and the sphere of technology itself. In so doing, they make that uncertainty feel normal."It’s a fact most easily noticed when using old-world gadgets. To flush a toilet or open a faucet by hand offers almost wanton pleasure given how rare it has become. A local eatery near me whose interior design invokes the 1930s features a bathroom with a white steel crank-roll paper towel dispenser. When spun on its ungeared mechanism, an analogous, glorious measure of towel appears directly and immediately, as if sent from heaven."Read more: <a href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-nothing-works-anymore?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-nothing-works-anymore?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OldSchoolTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OldSchoolTechnology</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gears</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Steampunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Steampunk</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Luddite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Luddite</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuiltToLast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuiltToLast</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SmartAppliances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmartAppliances</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Waste</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlannedObselence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlannedObselence</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NotSoSmartTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NotSoSmartTechnology</a>

Ruth MottramMade more mince pies in my Great Grandma's mince pie tin, which must be over a hundred years old. Wonder what of my kitchen ware will last that long? (Not the silicone cake tins I bet), there's something to be said for metal. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BuiltToLast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuiltToLast</a>

CM Thiede<a href="https://troet.cafe/@energisch_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@energisch_</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gerrymcgovern</a> unfortunately, the more mom and pop, specialized, independent <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#home</a> service companies get eaten up by larger all-in-one, everything home <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/conglomerates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conglomerates</a> the harder that becomes.Even with their <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/expensive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#expensive</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/crm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crm</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/serviceTitan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#serviceTitan</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#efficiency</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/constantContact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#constantContact</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#app</a> tool for <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/scheduling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scheduling</a> and <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/pricing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pricing</a> their new <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/super" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#super</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/skills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#skills</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/company" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#company</a> needs to charge more for everything with less experienced <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workers</a> than if you had a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/momAndPop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#momAndPop</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/master" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#master</a> do the work!If anyone truly wants to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/save" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#save</a> the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Planet</a> everyone needs to kick <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bro</a> out of the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#game</a>Anyone that thinks replacing <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#human</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/skills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#skills</a> and <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/abilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abilities</a> with <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> and <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/machines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#machines</a> is better for the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> than letting a human expell their own <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#energy</a> doing the same things, is the problem, not part of any real word solution. Are you the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Victim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Victim</a> or the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Crime</a> ?<a href="https://youtu.be/Lygh4jxfvl4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Lygh4jxfvl4</a><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/GratefulDead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GratefulDead</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BuiltToLast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuiltToLast</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MuzakLessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MuzakLessons</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> Does one really need an <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ebike</a> for a trip through <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/downtown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#downtown</a> and back?

RHDMum is having a clear out so we’re experimenting with her 50 year old Kenwood Chefette this evening. All still in good working order 😀 <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/BuiltToLast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuiltToLast</a>

Ciarán FerrieArchitect, Fergal McGirl presenting in the Wood Quay venue at the seminar: Built to Last - Exploring a Deep and Circular Retrofit Case Study.Really important research on energy retrofits for historic houses. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BuiltToLast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuiltToLast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retrofit</a>

DoomsdaysCWSo, I'm all about using less plastic (that breaks easily and pollutes). I own a wood and metal toilet paper holder (similar to this one) that's outlasted anything plastic. We should build things to last. That's the opposite of what <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThrowAway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThrowAway</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> wants us to do! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuiltToLast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuiltToLast</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlannedObsolescence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlannedObsolescence</a>

Aaron O<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@jamigibbs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jamigibbs</a> Chair is great looking, is that trick photography, or do you have 2 to restore? <a href="https://better.boston/tags/BuiltToLast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuiltToLast</a>

dr 🛠️🛰️📡🎧:blobfoxcomputer:<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EngineeringMarvels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EngineeringMarvels</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MechanicalWizardry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MechanicalWizardry</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BuiltToLast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuiltToLast</a>Started putting this together, but now I have to impatiently wait to get into the room where we store the hot glue gun.(first spelled that "hot clue gun"--could use one of those as well.)<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/catvideofeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#catvideofeed</a>

Maria Bustillos<a href="https://saturation.social/@clive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@clive</a> Maximum Valuable Product<a href="https://tilde.zone/@ftrain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ftrain</a> and I talked many years ago about making Built to Last a thing for software!! Built to Last for everything, books, clothes, ideas, 'computer programs', games<a href="https://thelife.boats/tags/BuilttoLast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuilttoLast</a>

(webdev Tory) :emacs:I came across blog (RSS) to Mastodon in a topic recently, and am now seriously considering it, with a Karl Volt-style "built to last" mentality -- read Mastodon via <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSS</a>-feeds, post to <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> via my <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/blogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blogs</a>. Any killer suggestions? <a href="https://graz.social/@publicvoit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@publicvoit</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/BuiltToLast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuiltToLast</a>

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