• tobier@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    How can you be 30 years in the industry and not know what firmware is?

    • pistachio@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      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 🙄

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        1 year ago

        Oh the name, completely misunderstood this as “I don’t know what firmware is”.

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      1 year ago

      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?”.