Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party

martinruenz.de

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

291–300 of 345 posts

Re: Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party

#291

Post by mijoharas »

dTal wrote: post #181
gmac wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe this is a regional thing, but I'm British and I'm not sure I've ever heard a first language British English speaker use the word "auto" for a car. I'd have said that was purely an Americanism.

I think you're right. I am dual nationality US/UK so sometimes I tend to cross my metaphors. Perhaps a better, British example would be the word "motor" instead of "auto". Used in words like "motorway", but I've never heard anyone actually use it to mean "car" outside of 80s cockney rap. (Which is apparently a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'Ullo_John!_Gotta_New_Motor%3F )

I've most commonly heard motor as referring to an engine (UK english). I'd say a good example might be from french, with the formal and correct "voiture" not commonly being used, with the less formal "bagnole" being much more common.

Re: Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party

#292

Post by mijoharas »

_asummers wrote: post #192
viraptor wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends on a country. Mobile is popular as well.

I feel like when I think of "mobile", I can only see a European person saying it. In the US it's usually "phone" or "cell phone".

In the U.K. I'd say it's mobile and phone pretty much interchangeably (possibly more phone than mobile nowadays as proposed by ancestor comment). If anyone says cell phone then you can immediately spot that they're american.

Re: Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party

#293

Post by mijoharas »

nkrisc wrote: post #246
alasdair_ wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's more fun when they try to swipe the TV and can't understand why it doesn't work the same way.

I've seen a toddler try to swipe on a magazine. It was both hilarious and enlightening.

link: https://www.cnet.com/news/1-year-old-thinks-a-magazine-is-a-...

Re: Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party

#295

Post by mijoharas »

kalleboo wrote: post #243
whatshisface wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hello, computer. Integer main open parenthesis void close parenthesis open squigly brace. Newline. Bob, find some earphones and stop complaining. I'm​ not the one that pushed for open-plan. Computer, please delete the previous paragraph. Standard colon colon cee out less than less than double quote capital hello world exclamation point double quote semi-colon. Newline. Close squigly brace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyLqUf4cdwc

That was horrible, but I couldn't stop watching!

Re: Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party

#296

Post by Agentlien »

krrrh wrote: post #111
WorldMaker wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been joking lately that there is a new one syllable word for "personal computer": phone. At the current rate that's how the language will shift. I suppose we'll know if people start referring to things like "macOS deskphones" and think "laptop" always meant "laptop phone". :) It's like those futurist ads from the 50s (and 80s/90s) AT&T that soon there will be phones capable of amazing things everywhere in our li…

Mobile phones are called "Handys" in German. It's become such a satisfying and appropriate name for handheld computers, as distinct from traditional personal computers. In British English, they've always called cellphones "mobiles", which is also a nice short name for mobile computers.

In the Flemish part of Belgium they're still often referred to as GSMs. My wife and I, however, refer to ours as "gizmos" when talking to each other.

Re: Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party

#297

Post by NoGravitas »

lacampbell wrote: post #255
ghaff wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're assuming writing is a highly linear process, which has pretty much never been the case. When dictating memos was a thing, even that took practice. Anything more complex has always involved huge amounts of cutting and pasting--whether literally or digitally. Given good enough voice recognition and good enough touch interfaces that work in concert (and ignoring the many situations where speaking is an issue), it…

Great, so in the future we're going to have to listen to people writing their pretentious novels in cafes. With any luck, I'll be deaf by then.

With any luck, they'll be subvocalizing.

Re: Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party

#299

Post by proto-n »

andybak wrote: post #11
mcherm wrote: post #8

I completely disagree with the title. The fact that "telephony" can be an app on the phone is a WONDERFUL thing. It means that the author of this article has a choice, as opposed to NOT having a choice.

I'll be Mr. Reasonable Compromise. It's both a wonderful thing and a risk. Which of those two it becomes depends on the entire ecosystem around installable apps, trust and verification. I've never had a problem with 3rd party dialers on Android. But I can smell a scam and I'm technically literate. To the best of my knowledge there's never been a major dialler related security mishap. In fact much of the panic about A…

More choice always means more responsibility. You could argue against democracy with the same idea - what happens if the voters choose someone not worthy? A lunatic or someone downright malicious?

Re: Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party

#300

Post by Boothroid »

dTal wrote: post #181
gmac wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe this is a regional thing, but I'm British and I'm not sure I've ever heard a first language British English speaker use the word "auto" for a car. I'd have said that was purely an Americanism.

I think you're right. I am dual nationality US/UK so sometimes I tend to cross my metaphors. Perhaps a better, British example would be the word "motor" instead of "auto". Used in words like "motorway", but I've never heard anyone actually use it to mean "car" outside of 80s cockney rap. (Which is apparently a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'Ullo_John!_Gotta_New_Motor%3F )

Nah, still pretty widely used in certain circles - even to the extent that you can have a car sales site called motors and it be obvious: http://www.motors.co.uk/
Post reply on HN