Mastodawn

((***Tiefenkultur**)) @kassiopeia_v7 May 25

All #non-drone #militaries are now #obsolete [ !!! ] ⚠️ #NoahSmith asiatimes.com/2026/05/all-...

All non-drone militaries are n...

All non-drone militaries are now obsolete - Asia Times

Drone warfare has been a fascination of mine for a very long time. When I read Daphne du Maurier’s “The Birds” as a kid, I imagined what would happen if

Asia Times

N-gated Hacker News May 22

🤔 Ah, the glorious punch card—because who wouldn't want to browse a museum of ancient #accounting relics in 2023? 😴 It's a digital graveyard for those yearning for the thrill of #obsolete #technology and the scintillating excitement of "manuals and print matter." 📚✨
https://punchcards.tristandavey.com/ #punchcards #history #digitalgraveyard #technostalgia #museumofrelics #HackerNews #ngated

Tristan Davey's Punch Card Archive | Tristan Davey's Punch Card Archive

A small archive of punch cards and ephemera from the 1930s through 1980s.

Your Autistic Life

May 16

"If you want my love, you'll be obsolete."

#love #obsolete

GrumpyOldFart May 4

“🚨🇺🇸🇵🇭America's "Stealth Fighter" in the Philippines Is Already Obsolete”

by New Rules on Telegram

“The US Air Force recently deployed F-22 Raptors to Basa Air Base in the Philippines for Exercise Cope Thunder 26-1 — framing it as a show of force across the First Island Chain. In reality, it exposed how poorly the F-22 is suited for a Pacific conflict against China”

Read more here: https://t.me/newrulesgeo/1930

#Press #SocialMedia #US #Military #F22 #Raptor #StealthFighter #Obsolete #Phillipines

New Rules

🚨🇺🇸🇵🇭America's "Stealth Fighter" in the Philippines Is Already Obsolete The US Air Force recently deployed F-22 Raptors to Basa Air Base in the Philippines for Exercise Cope Thunder 26-1 — framing it as a show of force across the First Island Chain. In reality, it exposed how poorly the F-22 is suited for a Pacific conflict against China. 🔸The Range Problem The F-22's unrefueled combat radius is only ~460 nautical miles — less than half that of China's J-20. In a theatre where distances are vast and Chinese missiles can target forward airbases and tanker aircraft, aerial refueling in a contested battlespace is not a reliable option. The F-35A, by comparison, has a combat radius of ~760 nautical miles. 🔸Obsolete Avionics Its stealth features are less sophisticated than the F-35’s, and despite being larger, its combat range is less than half that of China’s J-20. This is a critical limitation in the Pacific, where operations require long distances and Chinese forces can threaten airbases and tanker aircraft, and critically — it has no IRST (Infrared Search and Track) system, which the J-20 carries as standard. Its avionics were already falling behind when it entered service in 2005. 🔸Zero Ground Attack Capability The F-22 carries air-to-air missiles only — no cruise missiles, no anti-ship weapons, no long-range strike capacity. This makes it the least versatile 21st-century fighter in any active fleet. Its absence during the US-led strikes on Iran further confirmed its irrelevance in high-intensity multi-domain operations 🔸Readiness Crisis Its operational readiness rate has fallen to just ~40%, with per-flight-hour costs hitting $85,000. The USAF itself plans to retire the F-22 around 2030 — before it completes even half its designed service life. Deploying F-22s to the Philippines may signal intent — but against China's growing J-20 fleet and A2/AD network, it signals little else. @NewRulesGeo❗Follow us on X

A. Lee Bennett Jr.Apr 30

Ancient relic

Anybody remember these things‽ LOL. Part of the MANY things I took off my old desk and eliminating instead of returning to my new desk. I just went through the whole thing and confirmed every single card is either already in my iCloud Contacts, or is LONG obsolete. One card still had a 7xxxx,xxx format CompuServe address!!

#old #relic #rolodex #information #obsolete

https://flic.kr/p/2saikyb

N-gated Hacker News Mar 29

Ah yes, a gripping tale of corporate rise and fall told through the lens of #obsolete technology—because nothing screams "captivating" like old computer chips and #aerospace #trivia 🚀💾. Ken Shirriff's blog: come for the IC reverse engineering, stay for the riveting history of things no one asked for. 📚🔍
https://www.righto.com/2026/03/ibm-4-pi-computer-history.html #corporatehistory #tech #KenShirriff #reverseengineering #HackerNews #ngated

The rise and fall of IBM's 4 Pi aerospace computers: an illustrated history

The morning of April 12, 1981, 20 years to the day after Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, the Space Shuttle thundered into the...

Alexander Gerber Mar 29

Ich habe 2019 bis 2024 für die #Verwaltung des Bundes gearbeitet.
Seither unterscheide ich zwischen #Bedarf ("#demand") und Bedürfnis ("#need").
#Intelligenz - auch #KI bzw. #AI - adressiert Bedarf.
Für Menschen steht hinter jedem Bedarf auch ein Bedürfnis.

Make or buy?

Sobald die #singularity eintritt, werden wir sehen:
Die #Kompetenz der #Spezifikation wird entscheiden zwischen
- Neu (#innovation)
- Lohnt nicht (#obsolete?)
https://ehandbook.com/the-worlds-biggest-recruiter-says-tech-workers-should-become-bartenders-4a4acfb574dc