Comment on A good deal of IT work, too

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m that old, too. Can you imagine a student back then saying, “I’ll have a calculator, flashlight, camera, video recorder, music collection, and games to pass the times I have to wait on others.”

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Oh yeah and it’s also a phone”

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    • superduperenigma@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “Oh yeah and it’s also a computer that’s more powerful than any computer you’ve ever laid eyes on that has access to an unimaginable wealth of human knowledge via a wireless connection to the Internet.”

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What the fuck is an Internet?

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    • kratoz29@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I listened recently to somebody on a podcast saying that only psychos or close family would dial you in this day and age… And I kinda agree.

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Or medical providers, professional contacts, service providers …

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• VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m only 27 and I was lucky enough to hear that one, no Wikipedia and no Google.

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wikipedia was started in 2001, and Google in 1998. Who was saying this to you when you were 2?

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    • Micromot@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The platforms existing doesn’t mean they have been as wide spread as they are today

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They said “no Google and no Wikipedia,” not “Google and Wikipedia were not as widespread as they are today”

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• Steve@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thats a stupid statement in any year after the “pocket calculator” was available in the 70s

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not really. The first ones were quite expensive, and it was uncommon to have one on your person at all times like we now do with smartphones.

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    • Rodeo@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes really, if your job requires lots of calculations you’d be stupid not to have one, even back when they were expensive.

      Every machinist I know, even the crusty old ones, carry a calculator in their pocket. It’s indispensable. Why wouldn’t you carry one if you need it all the time?

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Pretty sure the teacher wasn’t assuming that every single child in class was going to be a machinist.

        In fact, most people aren’t machinists.

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  • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s even more stupid when it’s the same class that required the purchase of a TI-85 to complete the course.

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    • Ferris@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      how big are your pockets cmon

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        There was a period of time when I wore only carpenter jeans so I could fit my TI-83 in my pocket and I’m still not ashamed

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• tooclose104@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This wasn’t all that long ago though. I’m only in my 30’s and was told this in elementary school in the 90’s and early 2000’s. The iPhone was first released only 16 years ago.

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• punkwalrus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was told this, too, but when I got to Functions and Analytical Geometry, they started suggesting calculators. Now kids have laptops, gees.

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