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Great article. Nicely didactic without being overly verbose. I wonder what an article on the same/a similar subject written today would look like, and whether I'd still be able to follow it.

My Passport was my favourite phone ever, I think if apps like WhatsApp hadn't stopped supporting it I might still be using it.

Peasant Railgun 1 year ago

I'm going to be that that guy and say "plank length" is probably constant for a given plank. Planck length, on the other hand... :)

My dad (who worked for BT in various positions) claims he was involved with the decision to move the exchange in our/their village from one end to the other. Coincidentally, closer to the end in which we lived, which I gather would have a non-trivial impact on our internet speed.

I think this probably coincides with the time period we got ISDN, very early, and I was amazed by the concept of _always connected_ internet. I can still vividly remember watching GoZilla download a game demo at 7kb/s, stunned and excited.

I also would have said "Sikh" and "seek" are homonyms until recently when I found out that Sikhs' preferred pronunciation is generally to sound closer to "sick" (aspirate the H if you like)

Waterway Map 2 years ago

The "sidewalks" are towpaths - horses and/or people would walk along those to pull boats along.

In my experience the threshold is high enough that it only helps you distinguish between "incredibly sudden but non-emergency stop" and "full-on emergency stop"