• Riskable@programming.dev
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    3 days ago

    She didn’t dial anywhere near enough numbers

    Not necessarily! This particular phone had a feature that let you set shortcut numbers. It was an advanced form of the “long press a single number to dial a particular contact” feature that came before it. So you could go into your contacts and—via a series of absurdly complicated menus for such a simple device—you could set “7752” as the shortcut number to dial say, your bank of fax machines that somehow deliver the equivalent of 100Base-T Ethernet speeds.

    “Tell me how old you are without telling me how old you are” 😢

    • Iced Raktajino@startrek.website
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      3 days ago

      Excellent catch!

      “Tell me how old you are without telling me how old you are” 😢

      Don’t feel bad. I was able to distinguish by ear between a T.38 fax handshake and a V.34+ modem handshake which definitely reveals my oldness 😆