Ashowerthoughts·ShowerthoughtsbyAbouBenAdhem "Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.View original on lemmy.world194Comments17Reply
gosling lemmy.world5Hide 5 repliesJust like clicking on floppy disk save icons everyday when you've never held an actual floppy disk85Reply
kartonrealista replylemmy.world when you’ve never held an actual floppy disk This makes me feel old and I'm only in my mid twenties30Reply
SSGforce replylemmy.ca2Hide 2 repliesGive it a few years and the term "computer" might be superseded. We'll forget where the word originated.10Reply
ValiantDust replyfeddit.de1Hide 1 replyWell, most people already forgot where it originated. That is from people whose job was to compute stuff by using tables, calculators and paper.22Reply
NewEnglandRedshirt replylemmy.worldI'm a freaking history teacher whose father was a computer scientist in the 70s and I didn't know this until I read Hidden Figures11Reply
EuphoricPenguin replynormalcity.lifeI feel like my obsession with Mavicas has just been dismissed as invalid.3Reply
kersploosh sh.itjust.works2Hide 2 repliesOur phones are more like personal digital assistants than actual PDAs ever were.30Reply
ffidodo replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyI would argue that they are PDAs and smart phone is just an alternate branding. The name PDA just didn't take off because it sounds dorky.18Reply
llapingvino replylemmy.worldyep, PDAs became more widely attractive when phone functionality got added. or you have an iPod Touch.3Reply
ArcticAmphibian lemmus.org5Hide 5 repliesThat's why I like the German word for them - "Handy."22Reply
ddewritoninja replypawb.social2Hide 2 repliesIt would be weird asking my parents for a handy on my birthday26Reply
TTurnItOff_OnAgain replylemmy.worldSo in Germany it's not weird to ask someone for a handy? Cause that means a totally different thing around here11Reply
tthetreesaysbark replysh.itjust.worksUK English they're called phones, but cell phones are often called mobiles too. Maybe less so now that home phones (landlines) aren't really a thing so all phones are generally mobiles.7Reply
JonnyRobbie lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesThere was a time where such multi devices was thought would come from watches, which would be much more telling.13Reply
SSGforce replylemmy.caMy clumsyness would destroy a high tech watch. My phone is relatively safe in my pocket. Won't be switching over to that.3Reply
JackGreenEarth replylemm.eeNow we have snartwatches, but they're much more limited, and often require a Bluetooth connection to a smartphone.1Reply
17 replies
Just like clicking on floppy disk save icons everyday when you've never held an actual floppy disk
This makes me feel old and I'm only in my mid twenties
Give it a few years and the term "computer" might be superseded. We'll forget where the word originated.
Well, most people already forgot where it originated. That is from people whose job was to compute stuff by using tables, calculators and paper.
I'm a freaking history teacher whose father was a computer scientist in the 70s and I didn't know this until I read Hidden Figures
I feel like my obsession with Mavicas has just been dismissed as invalid.
Our phones are more like personal digital assistants than actual PDAs ever were.
I would argue that they are PDAs and smart phone is just an alternate branding. The name PDA just didn't take off because it sounds dorky.
yep, PDAs became more widely attractive when phone functionality got added. or you have an iPod Touch.
That's why I like the German word for them - "Handy."
It would be weird asking my parents for a handy on my birthday
Now that’s a classic.
So in Germany it's not weird to ask someone for a handy?
Cause that means a totally different thing around here
UK English they're called phones, but cell phones are often called mobiles too.
Maybe less so now that home phones (landlines) aren't really a thing so all phones are generally mobiles.
There was a time where such multi devices was thought would come from watches, which would be much more telling.
My clumsyness would destroy a high tech watch. My phone is relatively safe in my pocket. Won't be switching over to that.
Now we have snartwatches, but they're much more limited, and often require a Bluetooth connection to a smartphone.