Yeah, “video” was common, but “VHS” wasn’t. Maybe kids who developed language as the format was expiring in the early-mid 90s didn’t have lots of examples and just thought the letters printed on the tape were a noun.
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When they were widely used, people called cassette tapes “tapes” (common) or “cassettes” (less common). I don’t recall anyone calling a VHS videotape or VCR “a VHS”.
Similarly, I have seen people recently say “a vinyl”, which wasn’t ever the way it was said. (it would be music “on vinyl” or “a record”).
Do you mean a VCR? Or A “VHS tape”?
marietta_manto World News@lemmy.world•China poised to break 5nm barrier — Huawei lists 5nm processor presumably built with SMIC tech, defying U.S. sanctionsEnglish2416·1 year agoWhen I see these pro-China pieces, I remember that Chinese citizens can’t speak freely, exercise political will, or breathe clean air. As well as China’s actions towards the annexation/militarization of surrounding waters, erasure of Tibetan and Uyghuar cultures, and propagation of destabilizing online propaganda.
OP seems to post quite a few.
Looks like a typical agitprop/anger amplifier news spammer
In what world is the Wall Street Journal “liberal media”? The same WSJ owned/run by Rupert Murdoch and his son? Or is there another one?
marietta_manto Technology@lemmy.world•Meta rolls out default end-to-end encryption on Messenger, FacebookEnglish9·1 year agoThe trick is that the ends are where they put the spying/surveillance code
In a combo meal for only $14
None of the changes matter if the restaurant employees don’t give a fuck.
ESC Z Z
Although I usually bang ESC a few times to
make sure i’m back to command mode
marietta_manto politics @lemmy.world•Trump Promotes Alarming Washington Post Column Warning His Presidency Would Be a ‘Dictatorship’English618·1 year agoDon’t imply “white, cishet, Christian man” somehow aligns with or is safe from trump. That’s false, and wanting to see rational democratic values upheld is independent of gender/racial identity.
marietta_manto World News@lemmy.world•China’s new cancer drug Toripalimab is approved in the US but will cost 30 times moreEnglish61·1 year agoSo, what DID happen in Tiananmen Square in April-June 1989?
marietta_manto World News@lemmy.world•China’s new cancer drug Toripalimab is approved in the US but will cost 30 times moreEnglish152·1 year ago3 of OPs 4 posts are pro-china pieces. Wonder if he can tell us what happened in Tiananmen Square in April 1989
bots posting ads lead to a dead community, not a grassroots forum.
Even if a real community member posts, it would be crowded out by the self-promotion bot spam.
marietta_manto Programming@programming.dev•Time For Some Structure in Our ConcurrencyEnglish2·1 year agoOr use ZIO. https://zio.dev
marietta_manto Uplifting News@lemmy.world•Some deaf children in China can hear after gene treatmentEnglish21·1 year agoWhen I see these pro-China pieces, I remember that Chinese citizens can’t speak freely, exercise political will, or breathe clean air. As well as China’s actions towards the annexation/militarization of surrounding waters, erasure of Tibetan and Uyghuar cultures, and propagation of destabilizing online propaganda.
Plenty of actors carpet bomb malicious content and would be happy to make $1000 in BTC ransoming grandma’s computer.