• @[email protected]
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    241 year ago

    “Google it” means look it up on the Internet. My kids don’t use Chrome, they use Google (probably call it that because it’s the homepage of Chrome).

    I’ve heard people say they’re going to uber home. They sometimes use Lyft.

    And I’ve definitely heard people say they were on a zoom call even when it was Microsoft Teams or Google …what is the Google one called again? I don’t remember anymore because people will say Google zoom call!!

    • @pizzazz
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      131 year ago

      Citing a comment I’ve recently seen, it’s amazing how humanity managed to produce only one generation actually competent with computers.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 months ago

        I don’t know that I agree with that. Before my generation (X) the computer geeks had to flip dip switches to set IRQs. Before that there were punch cards. Before that there were vacuum tubes that needed to be replaced.

        We’ve only really ever done what was needed to get our shit working with as little effort as possible. I’ve never used punch cards or changed vacuum tubes.

    • @samus12345
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      11 year ago

      Interesting! Didn’t know they’d become generic terms like that.