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Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by maxbond »

pdimitar wrote: post #102
maxbond wrote: post #75

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Analysis is the most straightforward path to resolving disagreement. Get enough people talking and you'll have disagreement. The immediate result is analysis.

This is not an analysis at all, people online have been misusing the word "ironic" forever. Almost nobody uses it correctly. It's a way to shut down debate while pretending to use a legitimate debating technique. A tale as old as the internet itself.

I was responding to the question, "why do we feel the need to pick everything apart?", not this other comment. I'd point out your response was an analysis of the use of the term "irony" in online discourse.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by mst »

toyg wrote: post #126
Gordonjcp wrote: post #107

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I'm not particularly "defensive" about units. I would however point out that I am not British, I'm Scottish.

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.

I think I'd liken it to the fact that -I- consider myself to be European as well as British, but there are plenty of people who clearly don't, even if arguably European is technically correct as a descriptor of all of us.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by theknocker »

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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Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by maxbond »

DoreenMichele wrote: post #45
necovek wrote: post #32

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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.

I don't identify as handicapped, but I have RSI issues in my wrists and need a special keyboard to type. When it occasionally breaks and needs repair, I am devastated. When occasionally someone gets the idea to make a joke about it (like once someone joked about pouring wine on it) - I am not at all amused. My keyboard does feel a sort of limb.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by tazjin »

nmeofthestate wrote: post #250
tazjin wrote: post #128

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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 t…

No, support for a war is anything that prolongs the war, no matter which side you're arming.

You're essentially saying "it's not support for the war if I'm (perceiving I am) making sure my team wins". I'm not faulting you for that, it's the most common position, but it is support for war.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by brookst »

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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Um, no. This is Russia's war. Supporting the war would mean arming Russia.

The west has two options: 1) support genocide by letting Russia systematically invade its neighbors (we've seen this story before and the outcome is not good), or 2) support Ukraine to such a degree that ongoing war is not sustainable and Russia calls off their expansionist plans.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by brookst »

wasmitnetzen wrote: post #199
themitigating wrote: post #194

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"while hardly noticing that a literal genocide was being coordinated on their platform in southeast Asia." Was this a decision or simply a lack of resources for that area.

Is there a meaningful difference? Having a lack of resources is a decision.

It's a huge difference. It's the difference between negligent homicide and murder. Both legal and moral thinking distinguishes between these two concepts.

It's fine to note that they are both bad and both mean culpability and liability, but pretending they are literally the same thing is the worst kind of rhetorical device.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by nitrammm »

arbitrage wrote: post #257
Karawebnetwork wrote: post #221

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Using Swiftkey since it's first release, it's more than being angry at online changes. The keyboard works in such a way that it learns your typing style and then understands what you type without the requirement for actually hitting the right keys. I can type "ky nt gromf koe stw uoi" and it will become "hi my friend how are you". This makes typing on a phone extremely fast. The problem is that other keyboards that c…

Embrace, extend, extinguish. It's the Microsoft way.

Microsoft bought it a bit over 7 years ago and now they added another new feature to it. So we are at the extend stage now or?

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by dragonwriter »

tazjin wrote: post #265
nmeofthestate wrote: post #250

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 t…

No, support for a war is anything that prolongs the war, no matter which side you're arming. You're essentially saying "it's not support for the war if I'm (perceiving I am) making sure my team wins". I'm not faulting you for that, it's the most common position, but it is support for war.

If you want to define exercise of the right of collective self-defense against aggression as “support for war”, fine, you can have your own private language.

But now explain why that, in the face of actual aggression and genocide, is a bad thing compared to the alternative?

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