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Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by sd9 » Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 2:14 PM UTC

toyg wrote: post #236

sd9 wrote: post #204

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I recognise Gordonjcp's autonomy to choose their own preferred identity. Nationality is a social construct that can be perceived differently in various contexts. If someone prefers to identify as Scottish rather than British, at least in informal settings, I believe it's important to respect their perspective instead of insisting on a particular label. Of course, they might _technically_ be British from a legal stand…

> I believe it's important to respect their perspective instead of insisting on a particular label. Absolutely, but it would be nice if people expressed their wishes in logical terms. "I prefer to describe that dog as a terrier" is logically sound, "that is a terrier, not a dog" is not. The latter tries to arbitrarily redefine what a dog is.

"I am not British, I'm Scottish." is just shorthand for that.

It's a bit like "Charlie's not a dog, he's my best friend"

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by tokai » Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 2:16 PM UTC

phpisthebest wrote: post #208

tokai wrote: post #177

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

First I disagree with using per capita numbers, that is in improper way to judge this type of thing. However even if we look at the percapita number, the US out spend all other nato nations. Between January 24 and November 20, 2022, NATO members committed at least 75.2 billion euros of that 47.8 came from the US. Per Capita for that period breaks down as US: 142 Euros / citizen UK: 117 Euros / Citizen Canada: 96 Euro…

Great you omitted the big spenders, and picked France and Germany who have been stepping on the break from the beginning. If you don't like per capita we can do % of GPD where the US doesn't even break in to the top ten. Unsurprisingly the biggest member of nato (by far) has given the biggest bag of money. But US is nowhere near being the most committed nations.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by frantathefranta » Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 2:18 PM UTC

dmix wrote: post #223

coldpie wrote: post #219

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Wait, you were still using it? I used it for years and years but then they announced they killed it[1] last Fall and I switched to something I like a lot less. Is SwiftKey back? Can I start using it again? Will they just yank it again in three months when people get bored of the AI gimmick? I'm confused. [1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/microsoft-will-end-s... Can we please, as an industry, stop selling go…

It never really left. It got removed from the app store briefly but they reversed that decesion pretty quickly afterwards. I've also never had any issues with it on iOS so I'm curious why OP thinks it's a broken mess.

Only broken mess I'm experiencing seems to do with iOS integration of 3rd party keyboards. I think the apps are supposed to remember which keyboard you want to use with them, but the SwiftKey regularly persists even in apps in which I didn't switch to it. I wish I didn't have to use it, but until Apple rolls out swipe and autocorrect support to my native language, I'll have to suffer.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by lukeschlather » Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 2:19 PM UTC

a_bonobo wrote: post #186

Gordonjcp wrote: post #83

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> The same shit happens when driving. In a broader sense, it never fails to amaze me that a kilo and a half of goopy cells that evolved to work out where the plants that won't kill you and where to trap rabbits in the next valley are - things that are, generally speaking, not much further than you can see - can visualise every step and turn of a journey of hundreds of miles, while being shoved through space at roughl…

What really blows my mind about driving is that with a little bit of training, we get a feel for how big the car is. You can squeeze into a tight parking lot and you won't scratch your or the other car! By feel! We can somehow transfer our feeling for how big our body is to avoid running into obstacles, to feel how big our car is. There is nothing in the history of mankind that would need for this to be a possible sk…

We evolved to wear all sorts of clothing. And really when you think about it the brain is probably the descendant of some parasite which crawled into another organism and used the exo-organism as a puppet, so in a sense it's exactly what a brain was originally adapted for is glomming on weird new appendages.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by coldpie » Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 2:27 PM UTC

rck404 wrote: post #231

Daneel_ wrote: post #29

Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly does swiftkey offer over the usual keyboard? A quick google seems to bring up "better predictive text" and "better multi-language support" - is that it?

Clipboard. This is brilliant when you have to use similar set of responses. This along with swipe are life-savers.

Can you give some more info on how you use that? I've seen that SwiftKey has some clipboard-related features, but I have no idea what they are.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by phpisthebest » Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 2:28 PM UTC

tokai wrote: post #242

phpisthebest wrote: post #208

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First I disagree with using per capita numbers, that is in improper way to judge this type of thing. However even if we look at the percapita number, the US out spend all other nato nations. Between January 24 and November 20, 2022, NATO members committed at least 75.2 billion euros of that 47.8 came from the US. Per Capita for that period breaks down as US: 142 Euros / citizen UK: 117 Euros / Citizen Canada: 96 Euro…

Great you omitted the big spenders, and picked France and Germany who have been stepping on the break from the beginning. If you don't like per capita we can do % of GPD where the US doesn't even break in to the top ten. Unsurprisingly the biggest member of nato (by far) has given the biggest bag of money. But US is nowhere near being the most committed nations.

I picked the top spenders of NATO.

Who in NATO has given more than US, UK and Canada?

Show your sources

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by Levitz » Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 2:29 PM UTC

iopq wrote: post #94

tazjin wrote: post #63

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Reddit is also on that list and has downtimes like that much more frequently than Twitter.

Yes, but Twitter used to be much more solid prior to you know, losing a lot of its work-force. Reddit, on the other hand, has improved since a few years ago

I don't think it's surprising for that to happen on the transition to a smaller workforce.

Rather than that, I am frankly amazed that the site largely works after firing 80% of its workforce. It's staggering.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by phpisthebest » Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 2:29 PM UTC

cancerhacker wrote: post #240

phpisthebest wrote: post #174

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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...

US Aid to Nato is an investment in global economic stability that is repaid via increased commerce. It is a long term investment and it has paid off time after time.

I would disagree on both assertions.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by noelsusman » Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 2:30 PM UTC

dustedcodes wrote: post #57

unpopularopp wrote: post #10

> 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 don't know how it's possible to read Musk's twitter feed and conclude that Twitter is balanced now. The CEO exclusively interacts with and caters to right-wing accounts.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by nmeofthestate » Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 2:42 PM UTC

tazjin wrote: post #128

AndriyKunitsyn wrote: post #106

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That's interesting. "Support for the war" is not an expression that makes a lot of sense to me. Nobody in their right mind wakes up in the morning and tells themselves "yes, I am going to fight in the war just for the sake of it, I love wars", those who fight usually believe that although war is gruesome (which it is), they will be in a better shape if they continue fighting than if they just surrender to the mercy o…

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Support for the war that Russia is waging against Ukraine to wipe it out as a nation would consist of any actions that help Russia win the war they started.

So for example anyone who is keen for Ukraine to be defeated more quickly, by opposing military assistance, are the "war supporters".

Anyone who wants to prevent the warmongers from winning and thus profiting from the war they started - those people are against the war.