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Why don't they visually update more datasheets ?
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tooki:

--- Quote from: PwrElectronics on March 15, 2023, 04:02:07 pm ---A couple years ago I got a chance to feel even older.  A coworker a little older than me and I were talking about something and he related a recent conversation with a junior engineer who was shocked/surprised to learn there used to be printed databooks before the internet.

Not sure what that person thought happened before the internet....

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Reminds me of this supposed dialog (I’ve seen screenshots but can’t vouch it’s real):

Youngster: How did people navigate before Google Maps?
Oldster: We used maps.
Youngster: [rolls eyes] I said before Google Maps.


I am just barely young enough to remember buying paper road atlases to put in the car when I first started driving. But even so, by that time, Mapquest had already been out for a couple of years. I remember printing directions for road trips. And then the iPhone came out and I don’t think I ever used a paper map again, be it purchased or printed at home. :/
james_s:

--- Quote from: tooki on March 15, 2023, 06:17:03 pm ---I am just barely young enough to remember buying paper road atlases to put in the car when I first started driving. But even so, by that time, Mapquest had already been out for a couple of years. I remember printing directions for road trips. And then the iPhone came out and I don’t think I ever used a paper map again, be it purchased or printed at home. :/

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Mapquest was revolutionary, I drove for several years before it was a thing and driving in unfamiliar territory was always stressful, my sense of direction has never been very good. GPS further revolutionized navigation but I had driven for close to a decade before I had one of those.
SiliconWizard:
Maybe you can ask ChatGPT? :-DD
tooki:

--- Quote from: james_s on March 15, 2023, 06:33:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: tooki on March 15, 2023, 06:17:03 pm ---I am just barely young enough to remember buying paper road atlases to put in the car when I first started driving. But even so, by that time, Mapquest had already been out for a couple of years. I remember printing directions for road trips. And then the iPhone came out and I don’t think I ever used a paper map again, be it purchased or printed at home. :/

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Mapquest was revolutionary, I drove for several years before it was a thing and driving in unfamiliar territory was always stressful, my sense of direction has never been very good. GPS further revolutionized navigation but I had driven for close to a decade before I had one of those.

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I’ve never been a nervous/stressed driver (which I attribute in part to not rushing to get a DL like most American kids, but rather waiting until I just felt ready; in the meantime I learned navigation and traffic by bike), but all the same Mapquest was awesome for trips outside of my usual stomping grounds.

I’ve never owned a GPS outside of my phone, though!

What’s amusing is that nowadays, when I am visiting back home in USA, I often use GPS even for local trips — but not because I don’t know how to get there, but because of the ability to route around traffic snarls! (I practically never drive here in Switzerland, where the public transit is magnificent.)
james_s:

--- Quote from: tooki on March 16, 2023, 07:49:23 am ---I’ve never been a nervous/stressed driver (which I attribute in part to not rushing to get a DL like most American kids, but rather waiting until I just felt ready; in the meantime I learned navigation and traffic by bike), but all the same Mapquest was awesome for trips outside of my usual stomping grounds.

I’ve never owned a GPS outside of my phone, though!

What’s amusing is that nowadays, when I am visiting back home in USA, I often use GPS even for local trips — but not because I don’t know how to get there, but because of the ability to route around traffic snarls! (I practically never drive here in Switzerland, where the public transit is magnificent.)

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I didn't rush to get a license either, but it was still stressful when I didn't really know where I was going. I never ventured very far from home prior to having a car, and when I did ride with someone else that was driving I didn't really pay attention to where we were going. Once I had mapquest and later GPS I took some road trips adventuring throughout much of Western Canada, that was fun.
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