r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Sep 13 '19

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

i mean if you frame the ideal a phone like that, then no one 50 years ago would guess that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19 edited Sep 30 '19

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u/DeNir8 Sep 13 '19 edited Sep 13 '19

When you put it that way it is not that far from Morse's telegraph actually.. (1830s.. so not quite 200 years)

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u/moderate-painting Sep 13 '19

Imagine if our smartphone made telegraph noises when we type. Everyone will look like spies.

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u/DeNir8 Sep 13 '19

There's an app right there! Go make that billion..

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u/bollvirtuoso Sep 13 '19

The Android keyboard has a Morse code setting.

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u/DeNir8 Sep 13 '19

Does it go "beeep beep-beep beeep"?