ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTaliban leader bans Wi-Fi in an Afghan province to 'prevent immorality'apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down16
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minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up93·2 months agoHow can the AP make such a basic mistake as calling Internet access ‘Wi-Fi’? The Taliban didn’t ban Wi-Fi, they banned fiber optic internet connections. People can run Wi-Fi networks all day.
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·2 months agoBecause almost everyone else in the world has begun referring to their entire internet connection as “Wi-Fi” and it pisses me off, too.
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 months agoI’ve also noticed it’s becoming more common to call desktop PCs laptops, interesting linguistic shift
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoThe fuck…? Seriously? That’s like calling a faucet a water bottle.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoMom, can we get water bottles at home? No, we already have water bottles at home. Water bottles at home:
minus-squareggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI love my city (Beirut) it is full of trams (Kia Picanto 2013 base model w/ automatic transmission)
minus-squareZiemekZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoHaven’t noticed that. It’s dead obvious that desktop PCs aren’t mobile at all, and mobility is what makes laptops laptops.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThat one I’ve never heard of. The wifi thing I’ve heard mothbreathers start to do.
minus-squaremedem@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoReally? I somehow blissfully missed that. WTF.
How can the AP make such a basic mistake as calling Internet access ‘Wi-Fi’?
The Taliban didn’t ban Wi-Fi, they banned fiber optic internet connections. People can run Wi-Fi networks all day.
Because almost everyone else in the world has begun referring to their entire internet connection as “Wi-Fi” and it pisses me off, too.
I’ve also noticed it’s becoming more common to call desktop PCs laptops, interesting linguistic shift
The fuck…? Seriously? That’s like calling a faucet a water bottle.
Mom, can we get water bottles at home?
No, we already have water bottles at home.
Water bottles at home:
I love my city (Beirut) it is full of trams (Kia Picanto 2013 base model w/ automatic transmission)
Haven’t noticed that. It’s dead obvious that desktop PCs aren’t mobile at all, and mobility is what makes laptops laptops.
That one I’ve never heard of.
The wifi thing I’ve heard mothbreathers start to do.
Really? I somehow blissfully missed that. WTF.