Grey the earthling
greytheearthling@fe.disroot.org
- idiosyncratic enthusiast, eccentrically sensible<br/>- approximately Manchester, GB<br/>- vegan<br/>- typical Ophiuchus<br/>- YYYY-MM-DD, tau<br/>- Deep Space Nine<br/>- GNOME, Silverblue<br/>- Go/weiqi/baduk, Bohnanza<br/>- XS Malarkey<br/>- puns<br/>- Digitalis, BAGeL Radio, Deep Space One, the Act 1 boss music from Sonic 3<br/>- Green politics, solarpunk, secure scuttlebutt, convivial street design<br/>- trans-Neptunian objects<br/>- unqualified to be a freelance BBC science presenter
Posts
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Post #425496
@cwebber@social.coop Language and branding is important in conveying ideas and setting expectations for the general public. For example, Apple managed to convince people that “a Mac” was a totally different type of thing from “a PC”; if it's different, maybe it's better. And an “iPhone“ is not the same type of thing as a “computer”, so don't expect to be able to do everything a “computer” can; it's a new different thing. So I think we need a word that means a local-first compute...
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Post #219772
@lake@tech.lgbt That's a huge W