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What do you mean by 'drag their feet'?

I'm something like half RMS' age, and for the most part I use e-mail, IRC, and the odd board like HN (which I probably spend too much time on).

Social networks are simply not useful to me.

By contrast I have a coffee machine and barely anyone else I know does (UK). Because I find it useful and they don't.

What's wrong with that? It's nothing to do with the age of the software and all to do with the purpose it serves. My car is old because it works and I don't need a new one, too.




you may not need another car

but you might benefit from a plane


I used to love the stream of new technologies and was often an early adopter. Eventually I realised most of the promises of these products were illusory. There is very little benefit to them, sometimes even negative value.




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