this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2024
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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Word Processor

Her foresight is impeccable

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

little does she know but there are now more words than you can even imagine

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

1982 was the year the video game market crashed in an endless sea of dog shit shovelware, she had a point.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

She made the common blunder of making long term hyperbolic predictions based on short term trends and immediate events.

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, Oregon Trail, and Math Blaster were some of the first games I ever played. All very educational and also helped me understand computers.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I remember the majority of business owners in my city telling me that the Internet was a fad. People are stupid.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm reminded of stuff like this when I see certain takes on AI.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oh for sure. It's understandable to be threatened by it. It's not understandable to pretend it's a worthless fad. Some of the statements I see here make me wonder how ridiculously bad some people must be at prompting the AI.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

1982 was a banger year for video games:

DigDug Mrs. Pacman Tron Q*bert Joust

The list keeps going.

[–] Thorry84 3 points 3 months ago

No joke, I loved all these games and played them as much as I could.

Captcha's getting weiiirdd

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Sidhean@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

You know, I was wondering why this was posted to c/facepalm. Mystery solved!