irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeM to [Moved to !iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.dev, check pinned post.] iiiiiiitttttttttttt.@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPeople are painful.lemm.eeimagemessage-square179linkfedilinkarrow-up11.55Karrow-down121
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minus-squareOstrichgrif@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 months agoI work in IT and hear this about once a week. They also will call the computer anything but a computer. Most common name is the modem 🤦
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 months ago “He now realizes that it’s the hardware, the Mother modem, the heart itself of the hard drive, is faulty” A classic Swedish news article circulating the internet since forever. I hope the tech didn’t burst a blood vessel due to the mangled quote
minus-squareMalfeasant@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoSurprised that’s still a thing. I’ve heard it called a hard drive about as often, but I haven’t worked with home users in a long time.
I work in IT and hear this about once a week. They also will call the computer anything but a computer. Most common name is the modem 🤦
“He now realizes that it’s the hardware, the Mother modem, the heart itself of the hard drive, is faulty”
A classic Swedish news article circulating the internet since forever. I hope the tech didn’t burst a blood vessel due to the mangled quote
Surprised that’s still a thing. I’ve heard it called a hard drive about as often, but I haven’t worked with home users in a long time.