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ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago

Taliban leader bans Wi-Fi in an Afghan province to 'prevent immorality'

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Taliban leader bans Wi-Fi in an Afghan province to 'prevent immorality'

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ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago
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The Taliban leader has banned fibre optic internet in Afghanistan's Balkh province to “prevent immorality,” according to a spokesman for the administration.
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    I’ve also noticed it’s becoming more common to call desktop PCs laptops, interesting linguistic shift

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      The fuck…? Seriously? That’s like calling a faucet a water bottle.

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        Mom, can we get water bottles at home?

        No, we already have water bottles at home.

        Water bottles at home:

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          I love my city (Beirut) it is full of trams (Kia Picanto 2013 base model w/ automatic transmission)

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      That one I’ve never heard of.

      The wifi thing I’ve heard mothbreathers start to do.

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      Haven’t noticed that. It’s dead obvious that desktop PCs aren’t mobile at all, and mobility is what makes laptops laptops.

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