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Koshkin
on April 7, 2023
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Ask Wirecutter: Can you recommend a not-smart TV f...
But who/what are you calling "idiot" and why? I would never think of calling that a plain HDTV set - it is still a technological marvel (and also would have all kinds of "smarts" built in anyway, just no apps or wifi).
chriscjcj
on April 8, 2023
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Yeah.... I never purchased any books in the "For Dummies" series out of self respect.
xigency
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Beginning Programming for Dummies isn’t too bad.
Godel_unicode
on April 7, 2023
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Calling the version with no smarts “idiot” seems pretty clever to me.
partdavid
on April 9, 2023
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"Idiot box" is an immediately-accessible slang term for television for me, but maybe the usage is a little old.
867-5309
on April 8, 2023
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because it's a synonym of dumbo
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