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Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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You start with a caveat, then make a set of unfounded assumptions, lead to an unfounded conclusion and equally unfounded resolution. While you use qualifiers like "some" and "can" throughout, I don't really see any substance to the comment. Basically, a single person existing that does match your comment makes your comment true, without any hint at how pervasive this might be.

Fifteen to twenty percent of people self identify as handicapped. There used to be -- and may still be -- hash tags and such on Twitter to help such people find each other. I'm very seriously handicapped and don't get out much. It's why I spend so much time online. It's called testimony -- giving a voice for a topic I have a lot of firsthand knowledge of. I have no idea why you are attacking it so aggressively.

It's called _testimony_ only iff you say it is you that are in that particular boat.

As such, I thank you for sharing your story: that requires courage for sure, and can certainly give support for any one point! If that use of qualifiers is what gives you that courage, take my apology for being so "aggressive".

I was simply suggesting to avoid generalizing, even (especially) when starting from your own experience. Your comment suggested that all the handicapped people might have the same reasons and same feelings, which I felt inappropriate.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Fifteen to twenty percent of people self identify as handicapped. There used to be -- and may still be -- hash tags and such on Twitter to help such people find each other. I'm very seriously handicapped and don't get out much. It's why I spend so much time online. It's called testimony -- giving a voice for a topic I have a lot of firsthand knowledge of. I have no idea why you are attacking it so aggressively.

It's called _testimony_ only iff you say it is you that are in that particular boat. As such, I thank you for sharing your story: that requires courage for sure, and can certainly give support for any one point! If that use of qualifiers is what gives you that courage, take my apology for being so "aggressive". I was simply suggesting to avoid generalizing, even (especially) when starting from your own experience. Yo…

I can't win for losing. If I state upfront that I'm x demographic -- poor, handicapped, formerly homeless, a woman -- someone will have a cow about me oversharing.* If I don't, someone will have some other issue with my observations or opinions.

Note to self:

Next life, be a rich white male or some shit.

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35549294

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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> This one hurts, it really hurts. I think this hurts worse than Musk buying/poisoning/killing Twitter. I've mentioned this before but a keyboard feels like an extension of your body People need to take a break. Being terminally online and complaining about everything is not a healthy way of life.

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I agree, I find twitter to be a better experience and something I actually use now. I do not before

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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I think US Aid should exclusively come via NATO, and in proportion to what the other NATO nations are willing to contribute., hell I would even accept a 2:1 contribution (meaning for every $1 or every Missile other NATO members contribute the US gives 2... )

The world complains about the US being the "world police" until they want us to spend all of our resources to defend them...

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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> This one hurts, it really hurts. I think this hurts worse than Musk buying/poisoning/killing Twitter. I've mentioned this before but a keyboard feels like an extension of your body People need to take a break. Being terminally online and complaining about everything is not a healthy way of life.

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> I'm not a right wing American. I'm a European who...

Did Twitter even care about your local politics before Musk? They banned Trump, while the ayatollah, CCP etc. retrained their accounts.

Facebook was also actively censoring discussion related to American politics, while hardly noticing that a literal genocide was being coordinated on their platform in southeast Asia.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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I think US Aid should exclusively come via NATO, and in proportion to what the other NATO nations are willing to contribute., hell I would even accept a 2:1 contribution (meaning for every $1 or every Missile other NATO members contribute the US gives 2... ) The world complains about the US being the "world police" until they want us to spend all of our resources to defend them...

Many nato members are already providing much more than the US per capita.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Being Scottish technically makes you British, at least until independence comes. I'd argue that, even then, it will remain the case - as long as we accept that Scotland will continue to be part of the British Isles, and in particular of the island of Britain.

Scotland and Britain are separate countries in the UK with separate histories. No-one means the island when they talk about being British, they mean the descendants of the Britons.

You're incorrect, so have the obligatory CGP Grey video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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> This one hurts, it really hurts. I think this hurts worse than Musk buying/poisoning/killing Twitter. I've mentioned this before but a keyboard feels like an extension of your body People need to take a break. Being terminally online and complaining about everything is not a healthy way of life.

From the Wikipedia page for SwiftKey: "In September 2022, Microsoft announced it was terminating support for the iOS version of SwiftKey. The app was removed from the App Store on October 5.[15] In November 2022, Microsoft announced a reversal of its decision to discontinue SwiftKey for iOS devices. The app was relisted on November 18, with Microsoft promising future updates for the app. The company cited "customer f…

My $10 says the cause for reversal wasn't "customer feedback", but LLM/LM part of Microsoft realizing that they just shut down the only system-wide text-based touchpoint Microsoft ever had on iOS, just as they want to start integrating Bing/LLM everywhere.
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