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.world194Comments17
gosling lemmy.world5Hide 5 repliesJust like clicking on floppy disk save icons everyday when you've never held an actual floppy disk85
kartonrealista replylemmy.world when you’ve never held an actual floppy disk This makes me feel old and I'm only in my mid twenties30
SSGforce replylemmy.ca2Hide 2 repliesGive it a few years and the term "computer" might be superseded. We'll forget where the word originated.10
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.22
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 Figures11
EuphoricPenguin replynormalcity.lifeI feel like my obsession with Mavicas has just been dismissed as invalid.3
kersploosh sh.itjust.works2Hide 2 repliesOur phones are more like personal digital assistants than actual PDAs ever were.30
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.18
llapingvino replylemmy.worldyep, PDAs became more widely attractive when phone functionality got added. or you have an iPod Touch.3
ddewritoninja replypawb.social2Hide 2 repliesIt would be weird asking my parents for a handy on my birthday26
TTurnItOff_OnAgain replylemmy.worldSo in Germany it's not weird to ask someone for a handy? Cause that means a totally different thing around here11
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.7
JonnyRobbie lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesThere was a time where such multi devices was thought would come from watches, which would be much more telling.13
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.3
JackGreenEarth replylemm.eeNow we have snartwatches, but they're much more limited, and often require a Bluetooth connection to a smartphone.1
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.