Thats a stupid statement in any year after the “pocket calculator” was available in the 70s
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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m old enough that when I was in school, teachers were telling us that we’d never have calculators in our pockets wherever we’d go.
Steve@startrek.website 7 months ago
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Not really. The first ones were quite expensive, and it was uncommon to have one on your person at all times like we now do with smartphones.
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Yes really, if your job requires lots of calculations you’d be stupid not to have one, even back when they were expensive.
Every machinist I know, even the crusty old ones, carry a calculator in their pocket. It’s indispensable. Why wouldn’t you carry one if you need it all the time?
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s even more stupid when it’s the same class that required the purchase of a TI-85 to complete the course.
Ferris@infosec.pub 7 months ago
how big are your pockets cmon
VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m only 27 and I was lucky enough to hear that one, no Wikipedia and no Google.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wikipedia was started in 2001, and Google in 1998. Who was saying this to you when you were 2?
Micromot@feddit.de 7 months ago
The platforms existing doesn’t mean they have been as wide spread as they are today
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They said “no Google and no Wikipedia,” not “Google and Wikipedia were not as widespread as they are today”
tooclose104@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
This wasn’t all that long ago though. I’m only in my 30’s and was told this in elementary school in the 90’s and early 2000’s. The iPhone was first released only 16 years ago.
TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m that old, too. Can you imagine a student back then saying, “I’ll have a calculator, flashlight, camera, video recorder, music collection, and games to pass the times I have to wait on others.”
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
“Oh yeah and it’s also a phone”
superduperenigma@lemmy.world 7 months ago
“Oh yeah and it’s also a computer that’s more powerful than any computer you’ve ever laid eyes on that has access to an unimaginable wealth of human knowledge via a wireless connection to the Internet.”
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
What the fuck is an Internet?