> I remember thinking in the 90s that being able to use irc on a portable wireless device (pre wifi) would the most cyberpunk cool future I could imagine. Ther

> I remember thinking in the 90s that being able to use irc on a portable wireless device (pre wifi) would the most cyberpunk cool future I could imagine. There was this Australian tv show for kids in the 90s in which prop department turned one of Sharp PDAs [1] into futuristic multipurpose smartphone-alike device with built-in camera that allowed (from show PoV) live video conversations, conferences across the globe via a single abandoned satellite. Back then the idea was amazing and I did wonder if we ever get such gizmos in real life. Some 30 years later we can indeed have video calls with our smartphones and where the other person is around the world it really doesn't matter. The other factors do matter like the platform - can you reach someone only via Watsapp or Telegram or maybe Skype? Do we use Discord or Zoom, or perhaps Jitsi? [1] - http://blog.compuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/P1300578_HDR-1024x918.jpg http://blog.compuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/P1300578...