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Most people unconciously associate the pause symbol (Two vertical lines) as currently playing and the playing symbol (sideways triangle) as paused. (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On that note, I wonder how many younger Photoshop users have never realized that most of its tools are named after actual tools and practices from the analog times

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember actually cutting analogue tape and using sticky tape to repair the join when cropping audio in the studio. Now it's just a symbol of a pair of scissors.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm old enough for the rewinding of cassette tapes to be an integral part of my childhood, at least.

Editing was all digital by the time I started taking an interest, though.