Re:Where things stand with the Department of War
by dotancohen on Thursday March 05, 2026 @11:02PM
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I once saw the word nickel autocorrected incorrectly into something far worse. It was funny given the context (metals, not coins) but I wondered why someone would even have that word in their autocorrect dictionary.
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Re:Where things stand with the Department of War
by ahsillyme on Friday March 06, 2026 @07:41AM
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What's in the autocorrect dictionary usually has nothing to do with what you typically write. No reason to wonder (i.e. if the insinuation being that that's a word they'd typically use).
Re:Where things stand with the Department of War
by Nevermark on Friday March 06, 2026 @11:36AM
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We could joke about the auto correct knowing your subconscious mind.
Except if Facebook has auto correct, you can be sure it’s driven by a personal dossier on each of us, correlated by AI with every other person on the planet.
They know you were thinking that word!
The neverending benefits of personalization.
Re:Where things stand with the Department of War
by K0balt on Monday March 16, 2026 @03:05AM
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I see you have not met my (ex) sister in law. Alternatively, you have, and you are a much better (stronger? More stoic? More charitable? I don’t even know what it would take) man than I am. Hats off to you, and Godspeed!
Re:Where things stand with the Department of War
by K0balt on Friday March 06, 2026 @10:39AM
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My worst autocorrect story is a message to my mother in law referring to my sister in law. I told my mother in law that I’d give my wife’s sister “a*al’ when I got there. It was supposed to be ”a call” I’m still traumatized decades later.