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Why do we make a hand-crank when asking someone to roll down their ? After all, in most new cars, that’s done with the press of a button. An outmoded like this is similar to a skeuomorph, a design element that still used even though it no longer has a . For , smartphones still use images of old handsets or tape recorders to indicate phone and voicemail functions. This is part of a complete episode.

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