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minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up88·23 hours 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-up43·20 hours 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-squaremedem@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoReally? I somehow blissfully missed that. WTF.
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·18 hours agoI’ve also noticed it’s becoming more common to call desktop PCs laptops, interesting linguistic shift
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoThat one I’ve never heard of. The wifi thing I’ve heard mothbreathers start to do.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·16 hours agoThe fuck…? Seriously? That’s like calling a faucet a water bottle.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 hours 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-up2·5 hours agoI love my city (Beirut) it is full of trams (Kia Picanto 2013 base model w/ automatic transmission)
minus-squareZiemekZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 hours agoHaven’t noticed that. It’s dead obvious that desktop PCs aren’t mobile at all, and mobility is what makes laptops laptops.
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.
Really? I somehow blissfully missed that. WTF.
I’ve also noticed it’s becoming more common to call desktop PCs laptops, interesting linguistic shift
That one I’ve never heard of.
The wifi thing I’ve heard mothbreathers start to do.
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.