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Re: Midjourney is alemwjsl

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Post by rhet0rica »

yorwba wrote: post #2

> It's actually insane the levels of understanding the algorithms that are responsible for serving us information have and how little we, the creators of said algorithms, understand what's going on in said algorithms. Keyboard layout mismatches are common enough that I assume Google has a layout detection stage hardcoded just like they have typo correction hardcoded. And the creators of said algorithms probably under…

Although the author appears to be of Indian descent, I think this is just a case of "Silicon Valley Tech Bro Discovers Localization," particularly since he noted he didn't know the word "transliteration." YouTube downloader sites have recognized "d,jd,f" (the wrong-keyboard moonspeak for يوتيوب) as meaning "YouTube" since forever and include this term intentionally in hand-written SEO keyword lists, indicating pretty clearly that it's not just the Google algorithm familiar with this sort of mistake. It's a problem we don't really face in the monolingual English world, but in any region with digraphia, it's just a fact of everyday life. See also the related phenomenon of mojibake, when a computer screws up the text encoding rather than a human.

Re: Midjourney is alemwjsl

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Post by anyfoo »

bmandale wrote: post #47
anyfoo wrote: post #11

This is actually pretty common. It's less obvious with Chinese or Japanese, as the input method there usually matches the transliteration based on how the word is spoken (romaji in Japanese, pinyin in Chinese), which of course does not look unusual. For example, you wouldn't think twice about it if for the Japanese word for washing machine, you not only saw "洗濯機" (which is how it's written in Kanji), but also "sentak…

Kana input exists in japanese and reuses each letter of the keyboard to mean a different kana. So you could have a similar confusion in japanese. I believe many older people use it.

Yeah, you can clearly see it on Japanese keyboards, which do show the individual kana. But as you allude to, I’m not sure it’s super popular anymore.

Re: Midjourney is alemwjsl

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Post by aadillpickle »

echelon wrote: post #50

aadillpickle, fantastic blog! I've got nothing to add there that people haven't already been saying - this was a fascinating quirk of humanity and technology. Really good full-circle adventure uncovering the source. I'm commenting because I have to know what you're doing with your website and blog. It looks like a markdown/obsidian/static site generator. It's gorgeous and amazing. Did you write it yourself? Is it ope…

completely vibe coded my dude. i could make it open-source but im always very scared people will roast my shitty code, again i did not write it. its held together with ducttape and toothpast

Re: Midjourney is alemwjsl

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Post by allarm »

_nivlac_ wrote: post #15
floren wrote: post #3

> I scroll up a bit to reread ChatGPT's analysis, and I realize it mentions "transliteration". I have no idea what that word means , so I look it up. How?

Everyone has gaps in their knowledge which can be things that "should be obvious" to others. If someone doesn't know something, they either forgot or haven't learned it yet! I appreciated the author's honesty here.

Would you appreciate the author’s honesty if he said that he didn’t know what 2 + 2 was?

Re: Midjourney is alemwjsl

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Post by rudolftheone »

I though I will test this case with Gemini 3 pro and bam: it nailed it perfectly on the first attempt:

The string "alemwjsl" is a classic example of a keyboard input error specific to Korean users. Here is the explanation: The Hypothesis: The "Han/Yeong" (Korean/English) Toggle Error In South Korea, keyboards are bilingual. Users frequently switch between the Korean script (Hangul) and English (QWERTY) using a toggle key. If a user intends to type the Korean word for Midjourney (미드저니) but forgets to toggle the keyboard input from English to Korean, the output corresponds to the physical location of the keys on a standard QWERTY layout. The Proof (Mapping the Keys) Let’s break down the Korean word 미드저니 (Midjourney) key by key on a standard "2-Set" Korean keyboard: 미 (Mi) ㅁ corresponds to the A key. ㅣ corresponds to the L key. Result: al 드 (Deu) ㄷ corresponds to the E key. ㅡ corresponds to the M key. Result: em 저 (Jeo) ㅈ corresponds to the W key. ㅓ corresponds to the J key. Result: wj 니 (Ni) ㄴ corresponds to the S key. ㅣ corresponds to the L key. Result: sl Put it all together: al + em + wj + sl = alemwjsl Why this happens and why they bid on it Muscle Memory: Midjourney is a very popular search term in Korea (113K volume for the main keyword). Thousands of users type it quickly without looking at the screen. By the time they realize they are typing in English mode, they have already hit enter or the search bar has auto-suggested the "gibberish" term. Smart SEO/SEM Strategy: High Intent: Anyone typing "alemwjsl" is 100% looking for "Midjourney." There is no ambiguity. Lower Cost: While "미드저니" might have high competition (CPC 0.31), "alemwjsl" often has lower competition because many advertisers overlook "gibberish" keywords, though in this specific case, the CPC is quite similar (0.28 vs 0.31), indicating the secret is out. Capture All Traffic: By bidding on this, Midjourney ensures that even clumsy typists find their website immediately rather than being redirected by Google to a "Did you mean...?" page or a competitor. Conclusion: "alemwjsl" is simply 미드저니 typed with the keyboard set to English. It represents high-intent users making a very common technical mistake.

Not the first time ChatGPT being inferior in such tasks.

Re: Midjourney is alemwjsl

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Post by aadillpickle »

rudolftheone wrote: post #58

I though I will test this case with Gemini 3 pro and bam: it nailed it perfectly on the first attempt: The string "alemwjsl" is a classic example of a keyboard input error specific to Korean users. Here is the explanation: The Hypothesis: The "Han/Yeong" (Korean/English) Toggle Error In South Korea, keyboards are bilingual. Users frequently switch between the Korean script (Hangul) and English (QWERTY) using a toggle…

woah cool! good eval, chatgpt was trolling me
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