Kid told me that he just watched “some crazy old movie” about how a kid hacked into NORAD.

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    1010 months ago

    Would it make you feel better that literally today I had to troubleshoot a RS-232 at work?

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      10 months ago

      RS232 is functionally immortal. Its market share in the niches it fills has never – and I’d argue will never – go away, or even shrink all that much. It’s like those lobsters that don’t age at all but if we splice the genes that do that into humans it gives us cancer.

      • @afraid_of_zombies
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        410 months ago

        Comparing RS232 to cancer is a good analogy.

        I hate it but as you said it has its niche and there really aren’t better options for what it does. If someone else has a means to wire up +100 sensors to one system that doesn’t involve enough wiring to encircle an entire city or an unbelievable reliable means to do M2M between two machines that’s secure simply because everyone who knows how to tap it has a high paying job I am all ears.