Re:The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking place i...
by jbay808 on Monday November 09, 2020 @04:40PM
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I don't know if they still sell typewriters, but the GP is talking about their heritage, not their current focus.
Right now they make a lean, mean, CNC milling machine!
Re:The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking place i...
by protomyth on Monday November 09, 2020 @11:47PM
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You need a typewriter for those triplicate forms which some folks still require. Another amazing reason we still have a dot matrix printer and a daisy wheel on a shelf.
Re:The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking place i...
by bingerman on Monday November 09, 2020 @03:22PM
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Take this with a grain of salt but I've heard that some kind of typewriters are still used in some countries for the top secret material.
Re:The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking place i...
by hyperdimension on Monday November 09, 2020 @07:00PM
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I wonder: do they burn or otherwise destroy the ribbon after the fact?
Also I have to confess, I've definitely bought used (tape-based) answering machines/typewriters at yard sales a few times solely to listen to the greeting/messages or typed messages, respectively. Having the device itself is nice, too, of course. :)
It's an interesting slice of the lives of people I'll never know, like picking up discarded shopping lists.
Re:The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking place i...
by withinboredom on Monday November 09, 2020 @04:00PM
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Or when you want typewritten information but don't want to give that person access to a computer (such as a hacker).
Do you think they still have any mechanical engineers working on typewriters? Which industry still has a need/requirement for typewriters?