Another strange thing: hard disks. Let’s keep data on a rotating magnetic cylinder because when we need to read it, we know it will eventually come back around.
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Everyday technology seems to embed itself into language. I filmed a video the other day without any film and wound a window down without any winding.
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"Freedom of the Press" sounds as nonsensical as "Right to Bear Arms". I know what they both mean, but those are not remotely the words I would use to describe them today.
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Don't forget the other valuable feature, to interrupt your music / podcast when it rings for a spam call.
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You never know. It could be grandma
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Even better, we got rid of the tele- prefix that approx. means networked. We kept the secondary characteristic, phone.
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Unix/Unix-like are full of these "remains". e.g: tty (teletype archaic synonym for terminal), core dump (when Magnetic Core Memory was a thing), etc...pic.twitter.com/DP1lwcoGe0
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for me what makes it a 'smartphone' instead of a supercomputer are the facts that the device is locked down, has generally limited capabilities in user interaction (small screen, touch), doesn't run full programs, but largely repackaged websites called 'Apps'
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after all I'd rather program / game / write a novel on hardware from 2005 but in form of a Desktop PC than on a 'locked down' 'App running' 'touch interface, small screen' Smartphone from 2020
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It knows how to math so its smart.
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Speaking of smartphones, where's ZZT for Android?
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