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Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

He pioneered the cellphone. It changed how people around the world talk to each other — and don’t

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He pioneered the cellphone. It changed how people around the world talk to each other — and don’t

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Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Martin Cooper changed the world when he pioneered the portable phone. The Motorola company’s four-pound box has evolved into a global army of powerful smartphones weighing ounces.
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    For almost everyone, the straight-up phone call has become an intrusion.

    I feel like everyone, in America anyway, has forgotten that telemarketers weren’t allowed to call cell phones.

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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      That law was abolished around 2012, wasn’t it?

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    Anybody got a time machine? Stop this man!

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    Phone is just an app on my phone. and god help you if you use it on me without texting first.

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    Gene Roddenbury is rolling over in his grave

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