Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 days agoWhat is something considered impossible when you were a kid but is now known to be completely possible or even inevitable?message-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something considered impossible when you were a kid but is now known to be completely possible or even inevitable?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareVirusMaster3073@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoPhones doing a good chunk of what computers can
minus-squareLovableSidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoCombined with the Internet a “phone” - as we still charmingly call it - does what the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy could do.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoI mean it’s almost wrong handed to call something like an iPhone or Android device a “phone” because it’s really a pocket computer that, among many other things, can place phone calls.
minus-squareMrPoopbutt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoFor that reason, I like how they are called Hand Terminals in the Expanse (books, I dont think they are referred to at all in the show)
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoA good chunk? My watch is far more capable than my first computer, many times the storage, and its screen has more pixels
Phones doing a good chunk of what computers can
Combined with the Internet a “phone” - as we still charmingly call it - does what the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy could do.
I mean it’s almost wrong handed to call something like an iPhone or Android device a “phone” because it’s really a pocket computer that, among many other things, can place phone calls.
For that reason, I like how they are called Hand Terminals in the Expanse (books, I dont think they are referred to at all in the show)
A good chunk? My watch is far more capable than my first computer, many times the storage, and its screen has more pixels