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Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over [message #397961] Fri, 14 August 2020 18:45
Charlie Gibbs is currently offline  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:
>
>> Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I just don't think the pictographs have any place in our future common
>>> written language.
>>
>> Except we seem to be moving that way, with stupid icons and emojis
>
> 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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