The Taliban leader has banned fibre optic internet in Afghanistan's Balkh province to “prevent immorality,” according to a spokesman for the administration.
  • HiTekRedNekEnglish
    52·
    3 months ago

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

    • KSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      82·
      3 months ago

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

        • Midnight WolfEnglish
          41·
          3 months ago

          Mom, can we get water bottles at home?

          No, we already have water bottles at home.

          Water bottles at home:

          • ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            3·
            3 months ago

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

      • ZiemekZEnglish
        6·
        3 months ago

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

      • ripcordEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        That one I’ve never heard of.

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