• halvar@lemy.lol
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    2 days ago

    i just love it that they made like 20.000 of these and when one turned out to be correct it’s just so correct it makes you resonate with a random dead guy from a hundred years ago

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      I always love small misconceptions about technology that didn’t exist yet. In this case: no chance of silencing or turning off the device. Cracks me up!

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        No concept of voicemail.

        If there were answering services, they were for rich people of just called secretaries.