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    1. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic May 23
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      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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    2. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic May 23
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      When we finally replaced these antiques with random access digital storage, we called it an SSD, even though it’s neither a disc (a cylinder) not a drive (a motor).

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      Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic May 23
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      Then we have pocket supercomputers with a persistent connection to a data network than spans the whole world, which we call smartphones because one of their features is to call grandma.

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        2. Lachlan Ford‏ @fordacious May 23
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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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        3. Cass Everitt‏ @casseveritt May 23
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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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        2. Jonathan Blow‏ @Jonathan_Blow May 23
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          Don't forget the other valuable feature, to interrupt your music / podcast when it rings for a spam call.

          1 reply 0 retweets 16 likes
        3. Mihai Sebea‏ @mihai_sebea May 23
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          You never know. It could be grandma 🤭

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        2. David Crawshaw‏ @davidcrawshaw May 23
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic

          Even better, we got rid of the tele- prefix that approx. means networked. We kept the secondary characteristic, phone.

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        3. Geek youngster‏ @WproGeek May 23
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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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        2. 𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓼𝓽'𝓼 𝓿𝓸𝓲𝓭‏ @artistsvoid May 23
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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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        3. 𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓼𝓽'𝓼 𝓿𝓸𝓲𝓭‏ @artistsvoid May 23
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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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        1. Ben!‏ @XenobladeBen May 23
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          It knows how to math so its smart.

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        1. DCI #734954‏ @ruinah May 23
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          Speaking of smartphones, where's ZZT for Android?

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