Something crazy that I learned this year is that predictive text is deeply interwoven with the history of Chinese computing. Here's a podcast on the invention of the Chinese typewriter: https://entitledopinions.stanford.edu/thomas-mullaney-invention-chinese-typewriter …
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Typing Chinese is somewhere I definitely want automation.
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A really nice article Derek - it made me think. I put automation to use very often. I put down some thoughts on when I want the automation. https://blog.amitgawande.com/when-automation
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Thanks Amit!
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Offline automation in the past was annoying (Microsoft Clippy), online automation today is creepy. Intuitively we know it to be off because all our personal data resides on a for-profit company's computer, and they know more about us than we do.
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YOU LEAVE CLIPPY OUT OF THIS HE DID NOTHING WRONG
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