Red Hook’s Cutting-Edge Wireless Network (opens in new tab)

(nytimes.com)

23 pointsjrbaldwin11y ago4 comments

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adamfeldman11y ago· 2 in thread

"He was examining two devices on the roof while wirelessly conversing with a minicomputer a few hundred feet away..."

What's a minicomputer?

Maybe a raspberry pi could be called a minicomputer today. It meant something a little smaller than a mainframe in decades past.

I like that, it really works well. Repurposing yesterday's jargon for today's innovations.

I still think the writer should work on that word choice though....

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