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minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up90·1 month 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-up50·1 month 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-down2·1 month agoI’ve also noticed it’s becoming more common to call desktop PCs laptops, interesting linguistic shift
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agoThe fuck…? Seriously? That’s like calling a faucet a water bottle.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month 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-up3·1 month agoI love my city (Beirut) it is full of trams (Kia Picanto 2013 base model w/ automatic transmission)
minus-squareZiemekZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month 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-up3·1 month agoThat one I’ve never heard of. The wifi thing I’ve heard mothbreathers start to do.
minus-squaremedem@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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.