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minus-squaretobier@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down14·1 year agoHow can you be 30 years in the industry and not know what firmware is?
minus-squareMinusPi (she/they)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 year agoYou can know the name of a thing without realizing where the name comes from.
minus-squaretobier@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYes my bad, misunderstood this as “I don’t know what firmware is”
minus-squarepistachiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoI think he does know what a firmware. Just didnt’t realize the origin of the term. A firmware is neither soft nor hard… it’s firm. (Or maybe I completely misunderstood the tweet 🙄
minus-squaretobier@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOh the name, completely misunderstood this as “I don’t know what firmware is”.
minus-squareUnknownQuantity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·1 year agoI know, right? That’s why I never call tech support. Nowadays I’m practically computer illiterate, but I still know how to find answers without hearing: “Hello It, have you tried turning it off and on again?”.
How can you be 30 years in the industry and not know what firmware is?
You can know the name of a thing without realizing where the name comes from.
Yes my bad, misunderstood this as “I don’t know what firmware is”
I think he does know what a firmware. Just didnt’t realize the origin of the term.
A firmware is neither soft nor hard… it’s firm.
(Or maybe I completely misunderstood the tweet 🙄
Oh the name, completely misunderstood this as “I don’t know what firmware is”.
I know, right? That’s why I never call tech support. Nowadays I’m practically computer illiterate, but I still know how to find answers without hearing: “Hello It, have you tried turning it off and on again?”.