nixCraft π§A headline or more like a prophecy from 1953.
bewilderbeast23@nixCraft Amazing, prescient. But a prediction, not a prophecy, no? They're different, and the first is better, based on knowledge.
Epistomai@bewilderbeast23 my guess is most tech geeks wanted this, and through the years, engineering worked hard to this day
Virginicus@epistomai @bewilderbeast23 Cell phones were the original Torment Nexus.
Chrono@nixCraft scary stuff
London Eastfield π΅πΈ@nixCraft There is an escape though. You can turn them off.
Ericka Simone@nixCraft Pasadena always in the future
9Lukas5 π π§@nixCraft Nowadays people kind of found an escape. Quite the horrible one, tbh 
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Snagburz@nixCraft
Marching with one really sucks when you get that PITA call from someone who has to start by talking about the weather.
Marching with one really sucks when you get that PITA call from someone who has to start by talking about the weather.
ππ²@nixCraft and if it ever rings, we'll silence it and maybe text you back in five minutes
Billy SmithLook at the RAND Corp research on computing & telephones from then.
A lot of their predictions came true. :D
davec 
@nixCraft kind of miss that Douglas Adams isn't still around to be both thrilled and appalled by the extraordinary technology we are surrounded by, addicted to, and the dreadful hollow people that use it to manipulate us. Goodbye and thanks for all the fish indeed.
Manu π@nixCraft The justified text in this article is poorly set #typography
Jonas@manuelesposito
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VDM-EbDCiQg
After watching this you'll have more comprehension and empathy to the poor soul who typeset that
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@magnetic_tape @nixCraft Thatβs absolutely beautifulβI truly love it. And yes, youβre so rightβthere were countless little obstacles on the path to perfection that we rarely notice. Thanks for sharing this gem.
chesheer@nixCraft That's funny!
What constantly amazes me is the fact that many "inventions" or "predictions" from, say, science fiction are now here with us and we don't care about them.
For example, I was constantly amazed by videophones in books or movies like "The Fifth Element". It seemed so cool to have the ability to actually see the caller.
Now it's in everyone's pocket and all that people think receiving videocall is "It should have been a mail".
What constantly amazes me is the fact that many "inventions" or "predictions" from, say, science fiction are now here with us and we don't care about them.
For example, I was constantly amazed by videophones in books or movies like "The Fifth Element". It seemed so cool to have the ability to actually see the caller.
Now it's in everyone's pocket and all that people think receiving videocall is "It should have been a mail".
Albert ARIBAUD β
petercs@nixCraft ...not so simple! BT Openreach has just disconnected our analog landline, BT Residential has refused to install a digital phone because BT Business supply my Broadband service...
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Mike Torr@nixCraft "Who knows but what..." has always struck me as one of the most bizarre structures in English.
eickot@nixCraft he is a traveler in time!
Richard A@nixCraft Some of us are old enough to remember fixed line phones, where you were trapped at home until you got a phone call, and out of touch while driving and more. Mobile phones are a freedom for people old enough to remember waiting for fixed line calls.
/mΙrΛkjΚriΙl/@nixCraft and to think, these "telephones" have now greatly affected our social lives. And so-called "wars" are fought on them. And some people's lives completely revolve around these in their free time to the point of addiction...
WesDym@nixCraft "It will dispense and disperse misinformation and propaganda to a scope and degree that the Nazis could only dream of."
πͺπΊ Paul Schoonhoven ππ@nixCraft And you have to compare it with phones from that era..
πΈ https://antiquetelephones.co.uk/contents/en-uk/p12194.html
Big Rob@nixCraft Did he have any prophecies for winning lottery numbers? asking for a friend.