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[-] gosling@lemmy.world 85 points 2 years ago

Just like clicking on floppy disk save icons everyday when you've never held an actual floppy disk

[-] kartonrealista@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

when you’ve never held an actual floppy disk

This makes me feel old and I'm only in my mid twenties

[-] SGforce@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

Give it a few years and the term "computer" might be superseded. We'll forget where the word originated.

[-] ValiantDust@feddit.de 22 points 2 years ago

Well, most people already forgot where it originated. That is from people whose job was to compute stuff by using tables, calculators and paper.

[-] NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I'm a freaking history teacher whose father was a computer scientist in the 70s and I didn't know this until I read Hidden Figures

[-] EuphoricPenguin22@normalcity.life 3 points 2 years ago

I feel like my obsession with Mavicas has just been dismissed as invalid.

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