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Re:Why I bought a voting machine on eBay by dkersten on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @10:53AM (#24698257)
Aside from using it in the word "cyberpunk", the word cyber has drastically fallen out of use, at least unironically. The only people who I've personally heard using it since the 90's are people who don't really know much about computers.
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Re:Why I bought a voting machine on eBay by checkyoursudo on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @11:18AM (#24698595)
There is a field of US law called "cybersecurity law", which technically does not refute your anecdotal point. (I worked in cybersecurity law for a while.)
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Re:Why I bought a voting machine on eBay by thaumasiotes on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @11:29AM (#24698748)
It is very common in government use. Don't confuse falling out of use among your peer group with falling out of use in general.
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Re:Why I bought a voting machine on eBay by dkersten on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @12:26PM (#24699531)
When I say "personally heard" I don't mean just my peer group, but media and whatnot too. Government use seems consistent with people who don't understand computers though.
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Re:Why I bought a voting machine on eBay by thaumasiotes on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @03:08PM (#24701230)
The media you consume is part of your peer group.
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