@AbouBenAdhem to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year ago"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.message-square19arrow-up1222arrow-down127
arrow-up1195arrow-down1message-square"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.@AbouBenAdhem to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square19
minus-squareValiantDustlinkfedilink22•1 year agoWell, most people already forgot where it originated. That is from people whose job was to compute stuff by using tables, calculators and paper.
minus-square@NewEnglandRedshirtlink11•1 year agoI’m a freaking history teacher whose father was a computer scientist in the 70s and I didn’t know this until I read Hidden Figures
Well, most people already forgot where it originated. That is from people whose job was to compute stuff by using tables, calculators and paper.
I’m a freaking history teacher whose father was a computer scientist in the 70s and I didn’t know this until I read Hidden Figures