Philip King
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Philip King
@felipefelop.bsky.social
Ageing sesquipedalian fool. Show me your retro things, your food and your technology.
I was there in the 70s and it did happen.
January 4, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I used to subscribe to Duolingo, but it’s a very poor shadow of its former self. Full of AI nonsense (Like the young child character talking about his children) and riddled with language errors and mispronunciation.
January 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
being a prime example.
You only have to look Braun electronics to see how it inspired Apple design and market positioning.
January 3, 2026 at 10:33 AM
It’s a rewriting of history. @retromagazines.net conflates the aims of Wozniak and the Homebrew Computer Club with Steve Jobs’ ambitions to commercialise electronics. What Jobs didn’t realise then but did later was that Hifi, Cameras, TV Games were already there. The Hifi boom of late 60s 70s 1/2
January 3, 2026 at 10:30 AM
I was around in the 70s and people certainly did queue for Amstrad, Sony and other brands.
January 3, 2026 at 9:57 AM
I see your comprehension skills are as bad as your retro knowledge.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Then they doubled down!
January 3, 2026 at 9:49 AM