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allywilson@lemmy.ml
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This used to be IT in the early 2000s

Beige as far as the eye could see (in a data centre)

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tempest@lemmy.ca
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I’m waiting for it come back in to style. I’ve pitched getting beige racks with this on the side https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_(design)

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Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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woah dude, that’s far out

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SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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Honestly, I think it was so ugly it was beautiful.

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Kratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.de
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There is also this particular tone of light brownish green which is on so many industrial tools like drill presses, table top saws and so on. I kinda dig it

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SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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Ooh, never thought of that as so ugly it’s pretty but I can kinda see it now

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jaybone@lemmy.world
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Were we still using 3.5” floppies in the early 2000s?

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allywilson@lemmy.ml
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Oh yes, I was using a 3.5" floppy disk drive with a USB connector in 2007 to kick off imaging on desktop machines as no one could get the ghost boot server working.

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SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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Why not just use a thumb drive at that point?

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mayo_cider [he/him]@hexbear.net
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Nowadays it’s a lot more of dark mode, which is a shame (especially since our software still doesn’t have it)

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neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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Yeah, I came here to air my hypothesis that lab hardware trends lag behind consumer computers by about 25-30 years.

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SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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Are you saying there used to be woodgrain lab hardware?

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neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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There definitely was. I’ve seen it.

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Akasazh@feddit.nl
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So it’s almost time for teal, orange et other fun colors, mixed with translucent plastic lab équipement?

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neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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In 5 years hardcore researchers will be modding their lab equipment and installing plexiglass glass sides. Just like I did to my PC in 1999-2000ish

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