perishthethought@lemm.ee to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoRecognize the mother of Wifii.imgflip.comimagemessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageRecognize the mother of Wifii.imgflip.comperishthethought@lemm.ee to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square141fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoSo her invention isn’t used for Wifi now, but was used in the initial design of it? You might even say she helped give birth to it…
minus-squareFBJimmy@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoI guess my point is that it isn’t a particularly important part of the design of Wi-Fi - it would likely have been born regardless of the invention; Bluetooth would not.
minus-squareVirtualOdour@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoYeah but her work built on someone else’s so we’re taking it all away from her and calling them parents of her work so she gets nothing… Doesn’t feel as fun anymore, does it? Let the guys dad have some credit for his work, give her credit for her work - I don’t get what’s so controversial.
So her invention isn’t used for Wifi now, but was used in the initial design of it? You might even say she helped give birth to it…
I guess my point is that it isn’t a particularly important part of the design of Wi-Fi - it would likely have been born regardless of the invention; Bluetooth would not.
Yeah but her work built on someone else’s so we’re taking it all away from her and calling them parents of her work so she gets nothing…
Doesn’t feel as fun anymore, does it?
Let the guys dad have some credit for his work, give her credit for her work - I don’t get what’s so controversial.