ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoTaliban leader bans Wi-Fi in an Afghan province to 'prevent immorality'apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
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minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days 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-up3·18 days 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-up0·18 days agoI’ve also noticed it’s becoming more common to call desktop PCs laptops, interesting linguistic shift
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoThe fuck…? Seriously? That’s like calling a faucet a water bottle.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days 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-up1·17 days agoI love my city (Beirut) it is full of trams (Kia Picanto 2013 base model w/ automatic transmission)
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)