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Why people feel the need to overload terms like "datasette" I'll never know

by xgulfie 4mo ago

tadfisher 4mo ago
I think the current meaning has quite successfully replaced the original usage. Unless you typed this on a Commodore VIC-20, I suppose.
- voidUpdate 4mo ago
  For you maybe, but I've never heard of this site, my only reference for "datasette" is the commodore 1560
  - alnwlsn 4mo ago
    Me too, and also I've never used one and it was discontinued before I was born
DANmode 4mo ago
I can’t even parse what you’re complaining about. Could you elaborate?
- jayknight 4mo ago
  I'm assuming he's talking about the old hardware data cassette vs the software project of the save name? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Datasette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Datasette vs https://datasette.io/ https://datasette.io/
  - DANmode 4mo ago
    I’m assuming they’re just taking about the word dataset. Either way feels ridiculous, but the human in me wants to know which it is ^_^
  - vermilingua 4mo ago
    My favourite Datassette is the electronic artist. https://datassette.bandcamp.com/ https://datassette.bandcamp.com/ https://musicforprogramming.net/ https://musicforprogramming.net/
- da_grift_shift 4mo ago
  10 PRINT "HAVE YOU TRIED READING IT AGAIN?" 20 GOTO "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48594798"
  - DANmode 4mo ago
    This comment was posted after my comment was… Just read for the first time. Thank you for the disambiguation for me - and the other readers. Please hold the snark, lol
simonw 4mo ago
I learned to program on a C64 and one of the first programs I wrote myself was an incredible basic "database" (really just a program that could store and then return simple fielded data.) I named my database management software Datasette as an homage to the C64. I also figured it would be a unique name that would be easy to search for... ... jokes on me, it turns out the retro computing C64 community is way more active than I expected and there are still plenty of people taking about Datasette tape drives online, 30+ years after they stopped being manufactured and sold.

Why people feel the need to overload terms like "datasette" I'll never know

by xgulfie 4mo ago

Why people feel the need to overload terms like "datasette" I'll never know

I think the current meaning has quite successfully replaced the original usage. Unless you typed this on a Commodore VIC-20, I suppose.

voidUpdate 4mo ago
For you maybe, but I've never heard of this site, my only reference for "datasette" is the commodore 1560
- alnwlsn 4mo ago
  Me too, and also I've never used one and it was discontinued before I was born

DANmode 4mo ago

I can’t even parse what you’re complaining about. Could you elaborate?

jayknight 4mo ago
I'm assuming he's talking about the old hardware data cassette vs the software project of the save name? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Datasette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Datasette vs https://datasette.io/ https://datasette.io/
- DANmode 4mo ago
  I’m assuming they’re just taking about the word dataset. Either way feels ridiculous, but the human in me wants to know which it is ^_^
- vermilingua 4mo ago
  My favourite Datassette is the electronic artist. https://datassette.bandcamp.com/ https://datassette.bandcamp.com/ https://musicforprogramming.net/ https://musicforprogramming.net/
da_grift_shift 4mo ago
10 PRINT "HAVE YOU TRIED READING IT AGAIN?" 20 GOTO "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48594798"
- DANmode 4mo ago
  This comment was posted after my comment was… Just read for the first time. Thank you for the disambiguation for me - and the other readers. Please hold the snark, lol

simonw 4mo ago

I learned to program on a C64 and one of the first programs I wrote myself was an incredible basic "database" (really just a program that could store and then return simple fielded data.) I named my database management software Datasette as an homage to the C64. I also figured it would be a unique name that would be easy to search for... ... jokes on me, it turns out the retro computing C64 community is way more active than I expected and there are still plenty of people taking about Datasette tape drives online, 30+ years after they stopped being manufactured and sold.