Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names like ‘Dick’ and ‘Cummings’

Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by kps on Sunday January 12, 2020 @11:32AM (#22027153)

‘Handy’ comes from the WWII ‘handie talkie’, a transceiver small enough to hold in the hand¹, which followed the ‘walkie talkie’, a transceiver small enough to walk around with².

¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portable_radio_SCR536.png

² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scr300.png

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by Izkata on Sunday January 12, 2020 @06:13PM (#22030386)

Meanwhile, at least in the modern US, "walkie talkie" is the name of the handheld unit and "handie talkie" would get weird looks because it's not really known.

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by detaro on Monday January 13, 2020 @02:57AM (#22032665)

Same in Germany when you're talking about radios.

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by marton78 on Sunday January 12, 2020 @12:45PM (#22027685)

I find that highly doubtful, since around 50 years passed between WWII and the advent of mobile phones. I heard that "handy" was some early model by Motorola.

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by mygo on Sunday January 12, 2020 @12:59PM (#22027796)

And why did Motorola name it the “handy”?

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by woah on Sunday January 12, 2020 @01:38PM (#22028140)

Probably because it was handy.

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