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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 92 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 50 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Because almost everyone else in the world has begun referring to their entire internet connection as "Wi-Fi" and it pisses me off, too.

[–] medem@lemmy.wtf 4 points 3 days ago

Really? I somehow blissfully missed that. WTF.

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I've also noticed it's becoming more common to call desktop PCs laptops, interesting linguistic shift

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The fuck..? Seriously? That’s like calling a faucet a water bottle.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mom, can we get water bottles at home?

No, we already have water bottles at home.

Water bottles at home:

[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

I love my city (Beirut) it is full of trams (Kia Picanto 2013 base model w/ automatic transmission)

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

That one I've never heard of.

The wifi thing I've heard mothbreathers start to do.

[–] ZiemekZ@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Haven't noticed that. It's dead obvious that desktop PCs aren't mobile at all, and mobility is what makes laptops laptops.