AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down119
arrow-up1176arrow-down1message-square"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squaregosling@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·2 years agoJust like clicking on floppy disk save icons everyday when you’ve never held an actual floppy disk
minus-squarekartonrealista@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·edit-22 years ago when you’ve never held an actual floppy disk This makes me feel old and I’m only in my mid twenties
minus-squareSGforce@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoGive it a few years and the term “computer” might be superseded. We’ll forget where the word originated.
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Give it a few years and the term “computer” might be superseded.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.