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Don't pick 1. There's so much happening! A nice starter: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_

Don't pick 1. There's so much happening! A nice starter: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologie...

lelima 3y ago
This Link it's gold, very interesting!
civilitty 3y ago
I wonder how much of that list is vaporware. Blockchain is on it.
- deleted 3y ago
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- taco_emoji 3y ago
  Blockchain isn't really vaporware, it's real. It hasn't lived up to the hype (to say the least), but it does exist and does have limited utility.
  - joshz404 3y ago
    How can I trust this comment if this forum isn't on the blockchain!?
  - franky47 3y ago
    Blockchain is smokeware. Vaporware would imply an emission-free power source.
D4ckard 3y ago
What's special about the `en.m.wikipedia` subdomain compared to the usual `en.wikipedia`?
- cinntaile 3y ago
  Mobile
- angrais 3y ago
  I assume it's the mobile version of the website so probably has slightly different stylesheets.
  - appplication 3y ago
    Perhaps someone can explain to me why this concept needs to exist. When I visit regular Wikipedia on mobile, I get mobile style sheets. What’s the need for the separate url? Maybe Wikipedia is ok with this but I’ve found Confluence basically completely breaks if you try to give someone on desktop a mobile link. Seems like the whole system is just not quite right.
    - Two4 3y ago
      It's a holdover from before reactive styling was really a thing - there was a stage, if you recall, where people were maintaining two versions of their websites, one being for mobile. It was awful, and mobile user agents were bombarded with banners asking to switch to the mobile version, which would invariably break the flow and bounce them back to a landing page. They then had to claw their way back to where they were in the website, if they could. On the upside, it was mobile first, and had more intuitive layouts for mobile devices. I suspect that Wikipedia still maintains this split so as to not break those old web clients, or any other client built on top of the mobile web interface. I bet that if I broke out my old Nokia E63, I'd still be able to boot up that Symbian browser and read a Wikipedia article.
- RetroTechie 3y ago
  Wikipedia switches between mobile & non-mobile site automagically. I'm assuming the mobile flavour is a resource-lighter version that should load quicker. If you are using a mobile device (and/or on cellular data), it's nice to not take any detours - however small. And I'd expect a good % of users to be on a mobile device. From a desktop/PC/whatever, it's probably a don't care. TLDR; an attempt to feed WP link followers a 'lite' version first.

Don't pick 1. There's so much happening! A nice starter: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologie...

lelima 3y ago

This Link it's gold, very interesting!

civilitty 3y ago

I wonder how much of that list is vaporware. Blockchain is on it.

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taco_emoji 3y ago
Blockchain isn't really vaporware, it's real. It hasn't lived up to the hype (to say the least), but it does exist and does have limited utility.
- joshz404 3y ago
  How can I trust this comment if this forum isn't on the blockchain!?
- franky47 3y ago
  Blockchain is smokeware. Vaporware would imply an emission-free power source.

D4ckard 3y ago

What's special about the `en.m.wikipedia` subdomain compared to the usual `en.wikipedia`?

cinntaile 3y ago
Mobile
angrais 3y ago
I assume it's the mobile version of the website so probably has slightly different stylesheets.
- appplication 3y ago
  Perhaps someone can explain to me why this concept needs to exist. When I visit regular Wikipedia on mobile, I get mobile style sheets. What’s the need for the separate url? Maybe Wikipedia is ok with this but I’ve found Confluence basically completely breaks if you try to give someone on desktop a mobile link. Seems like the whole system is just not quite right.
  - Two4 3y ago
    It's a holdover from before reactive styling was really a thing - there was a stage, if you recall, where people were maintaining two versions of their websites, one being for mobile. It was awful, and mobile user agents were bombarded with banners asking to switch to the mobile version, which would invariably break the flow and bounce them back to a landing page. They then had to claw their way back to where they were in the website, if they could. On the upside, it was mobile first, and had more intuitive layouts for mobile devices. I suspect that Wikipedia still maintains this split so as to not break those old web clients, or any other client built on top of the mobile web interface. I bet that if I broke out my old Nokia E63, I'd still be able to boot up that Symbian browser and read a Wikipedia article.
RetroTechie 3y ago
Wikipedia switches between mobile & non-mobile site automagically. I'm assuming the mobile flavour is a resource-lighter version that should load quicker. If you are using a mobile device (and/or on cellular data), it's nice to not take any detours - however small. And I'd expect a good % of users to be on a mobile device. From a desktop/PC/whatever, it's probably a don't care. TLDR; an attempt to feed WP link followers a 'lite' version first.