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bogidon · 2020-07-13 16:41:05

We called this “beep”ing in Romania. Apparently it was widespread across developing contries [1]

[1] https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article-pdf/13/1/1/22316427/jj...

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fruit2020 | karma 129 | avg karma 1.37 · | 2021-08-10 14:42:11

Same happening in Romania

rciorba | karma 165 | avg karma 3.67 · | 2020-06-04 15:13:54

It's the same in Romania.

scottlocklin | karma 5372 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2020-02-06 17:26:49

I guess I'm always shocked and amazed how hypnotized people are by their ipotatoes, and how little technological perspective people actually have.

I was there back in 1990s using speech recognition software which worked just like it does today, with vastly more than 50% accuracy. Dunno where you were. Romania I guess.

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yreg | karma 8096 | avg karma 3.05 · | 2022-03-07 09:52:53

I don't think this is a normal thing in today's Romania, but perhaps a Romanian will correct me.

ido | karma 7058 | avg karma 2.27 · | 2021-01-25 15:03:44

True, this is widespread and not unique to Romania.

watwatwatwat | karma 22 | avg karma 0.73 · | 2016-09-22 14:57:11+00:00

This happens in Moldova too.

ciupicri | karma 1678 | avg karma 1.34 · | 2011-04-15 13:56:48+00:00

And also in Romania.

alberto_ol | karma 879 | avg karma 4.19 · | 2023-04-12 04:15:10

And also in Italy (semaforo) and I think in Romania (semafor)

lamby | karma 2326 | avg karma 3.61 · | 2018-12-04 16:39:30

Romania?

georgiecasey | karma 383 | avg karma 2.28 · | 2019-09-18 11:29:33

romania?

adyus | karma 386 | avg karma 1.72 · | 2011-10-21 02:27:23+00:00

Unfortunately, it's something seen much too often in Romania, and in many third- and second- world countries.

lkozma | karma 3580 | avg karma 5.2 · | 2009-04-26 08:20:54+00:00

Same with me, learned this in 8th grade (although I forgot most of the details since). 1996, Romania.

ido | karma 7058 | avg karma 2.27 · | 2023-11-04 11:03:58

To save anyone the googling that’s a Romanian computer. Until the point you posted the prompt in Romanian I assumed you grew up in East Germany!

mikeehun | karma 4 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2016-04-04 19:29:27+00:00

that sounds like hungary to me

rjeli | karma 1696 | avg karma 3.79 · | 2016-06-14 12:33:11

mentioned in OP: Romania

ciupicri | karma 1678 | avg karma 1.34 · | 2010-11-29 11:36:18+00:00

We had the same problem in Bucharest, Romania.

tzfld | karma 478 | avg karma 2.39 · | 2021-06-12 09:32:09

It's not something restricted to regions in Romania. Almost all of Eastern Europe is affected at some degree. There are places like [1] in Ukraine or [2] in Central Hungary.

[1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/%D0%A5%D...

[2] https://cdn.nwmgroups.hu/s/img/i/1801/20180108fulophazi-buck...

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bond | karma 3273 | avg karma 5.67 · | 2016-12-29 21:47:54+00:00

In Romania they do..

alin23 | karma 4532 | avg karma 6.53 · | 2023-12-25 15:10:49

Wow, everything sounds terrifyingly similar to Romania. I guess we’ll soon see and participate in some widespread protests in Europe, I don’t see a better way to wake up the officials