Post A2YUIEGMal7eQYhsbg by KitKat@masthead.social
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(DIR) Post #A2UagA1b0TfWziFrnc by garritfra@fosstodon.org
2020-12-23T07:30:49Z
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Stop using "Zoom" as a general term for video conferencing.Stop using "Google" as a general term for searching the web.
(DIR) Post #A2Uas4RJb8kT9BxpLc by mgiagante@fosstodon.org
2020-12-23T11:10:09Z
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@garritfra I tend to say "let me duckduckgo that for you" and people stare at me astonished lol
(DIR) Post #A2Uas4qU5YsiPFjvZw by jrballesteros05@fosstodon.org
2020-12-23T12:21:18Z
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@mgiagante @garritfra In my opinion is better to say "Let me search that for you". Now DDG seems to be a good company but Google was a good company in the past. I think is better to keep a neutral way.
(DIR) Post #A2UbEmEvQlRlMUzoW0 by tobtobxx@fosstodon.org
2020-12-23T10:50:52Z
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@garritfra I once saw a YouTuber saying he wouldn't stop calling ti 'googling' even though he uses DDG. He claimed that if 'Google' became enough of a part of english language, their trademark (or whatever) over this very name could be trialled. Just like anyone can license something with 'Windows' in the brand name.I do find this a bit far-fetched, but considering it is already present in Merriam Webster[1], why not... (couldn't find source tough)[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/google
(DIR) Post #A2UbEmRKgdN5yynir2 by jrballesteros05@fosstodon.org
2020-12-23T12:25:31Z
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@tobtobxx @garritfra About windows I remember the "Mac Vs PC" commercial TV. Assuming that PC was fucking Windows. Even people here used to say "That computer is slow because is a PC in my house I use mac" and I said "No, it is slow because has a fucking Windows, no because it's a PC". I could understand that from people who only used the computer for work but from a person who called himself "Computer scientist" was a bit disappointing for me.
(DIR) Post #A2Uf87H5E0vSOE5JlQ by JackMeinoff@salesforce.social
2020-12-23T13:09:08Z
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@garritfra You know it's going to be hard when the media is literally PAID to say these things? Just an FYI for everyone. Zoom became the de facto word only because they had an IPO. Media companies bought early Google stock. This is all.
(DIR) Post #A2UnVd40034tH7ggEq by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2020-12-23T14:43:01Z
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@garritfra + stop using "PC" as an equivalent for "Microsoft Windows"
(DIR) Post #A2UuW9E57SQ4hlb8AC by ryan@social.binarydad.com
2020-12-23T12:42:49Z
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@garritfra I tell my kids to go get a facial tissue
(DIR) Post #A2UuaiLeThd2nCJfkm by enigmatico@fedi.absturztau.be
2020-12-23T16:02:25.468973Z
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@garritfra I use NetMeeting and Bing
(DIR) Post #A2UucRepVLXxbf7008 by tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com
2020-12-23T16:02:44.401225Z
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@garritfra Let's not forget about "Xerox", "Kleenex", and "Band-Aid".
(DIR) Post #A2Uuwgo6t7fYNs6dCi by feld@bikeshed.party
2020-12-23T16:06:23.968364Z
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@garritfra if we can successfully turn them into sexual terms people will stop using them :)
(DIR) Post #A2Uv8Wm21C8WjymKrw by tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com
2020-12-23T16:08:32.171653Z
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@feld @garritfra Such was the fate of "cyber".
(DIR) Post #A2UvE11ixuiA16jfX6 by Rape@noagendasocial.com
2020-12-23T16:09:31Z
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@garritfra No, fuck your hipster bullshit.
(DIR) Post #A2UvEL1kbWcG2ytyLo by NekoSock@fedi.absturztau.be
2020-12-23T16:08:23.774025Z
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@garritfra no do it so that they become generic and therefore unprotected as trademarks! :ablobcatbongo:
(DIR) Post #A2UvJFn5V773FpO4LA by I_use_qubes@mastodon.social
2020-12-23T13:07:57Z
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@garritfra Sometimes I say duck instead or I just say search, have gotten quite a few weird looks when I say go duck it
(DIR) Post #A2UvJYqGfVwiLC1NR2 by feld@bikeshed.party
2020-12-23T16:10:31.934326Z
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@tk @garritfra stop googling me you perv
(DIR) Post #A2Uvf8om6dlg01c4rw by souldessin@twit.social
2020-12-23T16:14:17Z
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@kzimmermann My favorite, from days past, was "I need a new modem.""Ok, here is one for $12.""No, it is much bigger than that.""Ah, you mean the desktop computer."
(DIR) Post #A2UzAWANe9qdFkN87c by charims@social.pcwideopen.com
2020-12-23T16:53:42.282660Z
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@feld @garritfra Post Coital
(DIR) Post #A2UzXZBAbyZBG0jRFQ by valleyforge@qoto.org
2020-12-23T16:57:49Z
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@garritfra or do so that those companies lose their copyright protection through generalization
(DIR) Post #A2V4b9jndyMZHUScS0 by garritfra@fosstodon.org
2020-12-23T17:54:29Z
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@JackMeinoff interesting take. To clarify: do you mean that it's important to make the IPO at the right time? Because frankly they are not the only company that IPOed during the pandemic.
(DIR) Post #A2V5XkRJLTEruCkeWG by PaterSnape@noagendasocial.com
2020-12-23T18:05:07Z
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@garritfra I will need to google an alternative term for zoom.
(DIR) Post #A2V7WeqGs2sKAF2BLU by b10m@justicewarrior.social
2020-12-23T18:27:19Z
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@garritfra Can I xerox this toot?
(DIR) Post #A2VAHr6vH2qdjWSLtQ by JackMeinoff@salesforce.social
2020-12-23T18:58:13Z
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@garritfra They happened to IPO right when it was starting and had already made the cross-licensing deals with all the major networks. Zoom (the word) was coming no matter, it just was lifted by the pandemic.
(DIR) Post #A2VnCoQyVjhIWlvAmG by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2020-12-24T02:14:20Z
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@souldessin unbelievable! I would have pardoned if they confused the modem with a router, but this... holy crap.Reminds of the time someone in my first company opened a ticket to fix the coffee maker because "it has LCD screen and blinky buttons"
(DIR) Post #A2WKSZx3QC72jP3GOO by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2020-12-24T08:26:58Z
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@jrballesteros05 @mgiagante @garritfra I think the point is to emphasize that google is not the only search engine.
(DIR) Post #A2WP3stoKx0q1mZwga by rick@fedi.n0id.space
2020-12-24T09:18:33.513549Z
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@enigmatico @garritfra duckig~
(DIR) Post #A2WP7sKGPVw3PLr3i4 by rick@fedi.n0id.space
2020-12-24T09:19:16.528726Z
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@enigmatico @garritfra tbh i mainly use duckduck, but yeah i still say i google sth :akko_sad2:
(DIR) Post #A2YUIEGMal7eQYhsbg by KitKat@masthead.social
2020-12-25T09:26:33Z
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@kzimmermann @garritfra It's not equivalent but the hardware that runs windows
(DIR) Post #A2aezXjzRAEL99mDJ2 by VikingKong@freespeechextremist.com
2020-12-26T10:35:54.424091Z
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@garritfraI still use "Xerox" as a general term for copier, LOL.
(DIR) Post #A2as3z9AmZGKhx0K5g by runfox@pleroma.runfox.tk
2020-12-26T13:02:21.616166Z
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@VikingKongI use kleenex as a general term for tissues. I use reynolds wrap as a general term for that clear plastic wrap to preserve food. But I would never say coke as a general term for soda, like they do in the south. Coke is a flavor, not a general term@garritfra
(DIR) Post #A2b31lnqWUDGEsAuoq by VikingKong@freespeechextremist.com
2020-12-26T15:05:13.805366Z
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@runfoxWe in Russia mostly use cola as a general term. But not every kind of soda is cola nonetheless, it's just for something similar to Pepsi/Coca-Cola stuff. The most common term is "gazirovka" which can be loosely translated as something like "sparky".@garritfra
(DIR) Post #A2b3RhwHVmPDmgUMDI by runfox@pleroma.runfox.tk
2020-12-26T15:09:54.645464Z
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@VikingKong @garritfra Cola is a flavor, like you're describeing, pepsi/coke/rc cola etc. In the south in the US, they say they want a coke, and they could mean a different flavored soda like orange, lemon lime, root beer, grape, etc. They say coke for every flavor soda as a general term and it was weird to me.
(DIR) Post #A2bxCC0bXYMVqMgnWi by devilhacker@nerd.town
2020-12-26T22:30:14Z
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@garritfra Stop using "Google"Stop using "Zoom"But call it whatever you like.
(DIR) Post #A2d9IxZOJgh9Gpy67c by stevenroose@x0f.org
2020-12-27T15:24:56Z
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@garritfra @juliobiason Isn't "skyping" the term for videocalling? I thought it was.
(DIR) Post #A2gjQ6Z9fnMWUhHh3o by noam@libranet.de
2020-12-29T08:52:59Z
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Skyping? That's so 2014. 😉
(DIR) Post #A60Od9rOiBRBO0yrJo by ken@shigusegubu.club
2021-04-07T14:12:58.329472Z
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@garritfra yeah! it's called skyping. everyone knows that.
(DIR) Post #A60PZpFayupqYHH2Tg by EdwardTorvalds@mstdn.io
2021-04-07T14:23:34Z
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@garritfra Hey, found you on Google. Can we zoom?
(DIR) Post #AAeTjkaeFcLU3c57Kq by Stellar@mk.absturztau.be
2021-08-24T13:45:25.545Z
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@garritfra@fosstodon.org let me google what zoom is
(DIR) Post #AHhMcwJOqwCPP7cQLY by Coyote@shitposter.club
2022-03-23T08:14:37.418506Z
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@mgiagante @garritfra "let's ask the net" works...
(DIR) Post #ALeZjdW2KNzLpk83KS by matias@oslo.town
2022-07-19T15:25:42Z
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@stevenrooseWhat? I thought it was called "MSN Live Messenger-ing"🧓@garritfra @juliobiason