It takes a surprising amount of really old tech to show you brand-new movies.

  • they really try to hype up how thsyll do anything tl get this extra long film to reel, but too lazy to program new software for a rasPi lol. nah just emulate the old device so we can just use the old tech. lol

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      1 year ago

      I see this mentality all the time for industrial applications.

      At work we have Stratasys 3d printers that cost upwards of $150k per machine, yet the “professional” slicer they come with is the most user hostile piece of software I’ve ever had the misfortune of handling.

      They haven’t spent a single dime on UI design since '95 and the workflow feels like I’m in a wrestling match with the software.
      The only reason these companies can get away with such blatant laziness is because they have no competition in their respective fields.

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        Wow, that UI really looks awful. The extra time and effort needed to work with that on a regular basis would be better invested into a modern application.