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by Yuioup 4275 days ago
"Brick" has a negative connotation in the tech world.
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neurobro 4275 days ago
My first impression from the title was some kind of Firefox phone debacle.
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jeffreyrogers 4274 days ago
And "Pad" has a negative connotation in the rest of the world... Didn't stop Apple though.
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tonyplee 4274 days ago
I got the same impression of Mozilla locks up base on the title. :-)
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rsl7 4274 days ago
except for LEGO
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cryowaffle 4274 days ago
Yes LEGO can be used with technology it's not a thing typically associated with "tech".
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rsl7 4273 days ago
most tech people I know are aware of or have used LEGO bricks, and 'brick' as a negative tech term is recent afaik.
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