@stefan funny how many computer metaphors are actually literal.
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@stefan I remember those buttons on the car stereo! I had no idea that’s why they were called that in computing. I thought it’s because they were round and it had something to do with radians. Except when they’re exactly the opposite: bootstrapping originally referred to the IMPOSSIBILITY of self-starting, of lifting one’s self by one’s own bootstraps. By 1922, usage had utterly reversed the meaning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping#Etymology The other fun thing was sticking one card in a deck that had every hole punched out. Machine shredded it and jammed. |
@ShiitakeToast Definitely!
One of my favorites: radio buttons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_button#Etymology