Technology after everything phones home -10

Technology before that +8

Absolute proof of the horseshoe model, I am at ±10, I both love and hate technology with avid passion.

+10.i like technology itself, although a lot of time it’s executed /implemented poorly.

I am a pendulum, swinging between both 10’s at a rapid frequency tha sometimes produces a sound loud enough to drown out my fits of rage at the stupid piece of shit technology that I just bought because it was cool

I’m starting to think that technology-wise Ted Kaczynski had the right idea.

Given that there’s technology baseline for even responding to your question, I think your results are going to be skewed.

Between +2 and +4 depending on the day.

I enjoy tech, and tinkering, and like the other user here very much enjoy FOSS stuff.

Anything non-self-hosted IoT, or non-local AI* models, or anything else privacy invading gets a big ol -10.

Being in IT though I do regularly keep a hammer nearby to remind my devices not to step out of line.

* Also AI being used to “replace” real human work is bogus. I only use self-hosted AI and only as a toy and anything that comes out of it is not my work nor does it get shared anywhere. Pay and hire real people for serious things.

I work with it.

I dislike all new stuff because Most of it is garbage. After a few years I adopt the surviving stuff that I can see provides me with value, not just a monthly subscription.

+7, IT professional that has a home lab where I cosplay as a system admin. I also agree people are the problem, not the tech or tools, and there are many times where I feel like a tech priest from 40k (they pray to the machines instead of knowing how they work) I do know some people that would classify as +9 or +10, they are wizards who spend their days pondering their orbs (screens).

I’ve been an IT Professional for almost 30 years and have had to keep up with the computer industry that entire time. These days, I’m more in management and processes, so no more sitting in front of a console with a pager on my hip.

During the technical portion of my career, I was a full +10, at least for computers and associated technologies used in very large enterprise environments.

In my personal life, I’m ore of a +2 or +3. I usually have the previous year’s flagship phone (my current phone is a Pixel 8 Pro) and keep it till it dies. My audio electronics are mostly from the 90’s, because they are high end components (McIntosh) that I have taken decades to procure. Some of which I actually had to fix in order for them to be usable.

All the computers in my house I bought used and refurbed myself. I think the newest one is my computer and it’s a Dell Precision 7550 and it’s at least 4 years old. The network in my house is more current. My router/firewall one of Ubiquiti’s latest and greatest, although both WAPs in my house are about 7 years old. My previous firewall was PFSense that I ran on a VM on Proxmox. It became too much of a pain if there was an issue with Proxmox, then there was an issue with the internet, although I did have a backup, so I decided to just separate the two.

+9, i freaking love tech

+5 during work hours, -5 outside of them.

I’d say I’m pretty techophallic 🍆 I have more than a few Kickstarter beta products collecting dust, and I’ve broke my arch install over using the AUR

+2 despite writing a good amount of my own programs (mostly open source).

I just like making stuff on my own. New technologies are cool but I don’t really care about them. It’s not like I can afford them anyway. Even if they are FOSS it takes too much work to actually swap frameworks.

4, I am known to be reluctant to adopt new technology, IE, I don’t want to be a betatester.