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Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over [message #397961] |
Fri, 14 August 2020 18:45 |
Charlie Gibbs
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On 2020-08-14, Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> wrote:
> On 8/14/2020 9:13 AM, Peter Flass wrote:
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>> Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> I just don't think the pictographs have any place in our future common
>>> written language.
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>> Except we seem to be moving that way, with stupid icons and emojis
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> And podcasts and videos. I hate it when I google on how to do
> something, and all there are is youtube videos. I can scan text and
> get the gist almost before the youtube video finishes the roll-in
> commercial. (Of course, there are topics that video works way better
> than text, but not 90% of the "how to" ones.
+1
> I used to tell people that Windows was the perfect OS for people who
> didn't know how to read.
I've always described it as video games for managers.
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