Predictive text is at best a time saver, and at worst a life destroyer.
Most phones now have some function that predicts phrases or words while texting. Apple, for example, uses predictive text “based on your past conversations, writing st…
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This Twitter thread of people who forgot words will make your day
No matter how intelligent you are, there’s always a chance a word will escape your brain right when you need it the most.
A recent Twitter thread, started by Paul Coxon — a physicist in materials science at the University of Cambridge — proved that not even scholars with impressive degrees are immune to forgetting words.
On Monday, Coxon tweeted to his thousands of followers to explain that even though he has a PhD in physics, he had a brain freeze and “forgot the word for photon.” Instead of remembering on the spot, he was forced to describe “photon” as “a shiny crumb” in front of his colleagues. Embarrassing! Read more…
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This Twitter interview with CEO Jack proves the platform is very confusing
It was supposed to be fun.
It was supposed to be an “experiment.”
Instead, it was a stinking mess.
Last week, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey proposed that ReCode’s Kara Swisher interview him entirely over Twitter. The unlikely pair carried out the plan Tuesday.
Dorsey positioned the idea as a novel test of Twitter’s conversational features, which was odd to anyone who has ever held any sort of Q&A over Twitter. That’s, well, a lot of peopleWhy would the CEO need to test this out in so public a fashion?
I’ve never done this before. But it might be a feature we want to build so everyone can do it! So we get to test and learn in public.
— jack (@jack) February 8, 2019 Read more…
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View More This Twitter interview with CEO Jack proves the platform is very confusingDude’s thread about what he’s learned living with two female flatmates is a real eye-opener
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You learn a lot about someone when you move in with them.
One chap didn’t just learn about his S.O.’s quirks and habits when he moved in with his girlfriend and her BFF. He also ended up learning a lot about women and the power of female friendship.
Craig Shapes, from Kent, UK, tweeted about his experience of living with his girlfriend and her bezzie, who’s also female. “Some of the shit I’ve seen is EYE OPENING mate,” wrote Shapes.
Last year, I moved in with my girlfriend and her best mate. They’re both girls. Some of the shit I’ve seen is EYE OPENING mate (a thread)
— Craig Shapes (@craigshapes) March 28, 2018 Read more…
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View More Dude’s thread about what he’s learned living with two female flatmates is a real eye-openerParticle announces the Mesh board, an easy way to make your DIY talk to itself
Particle – which used to be called Spark – has released the third generation of their tiny, networked computing boards. Their new product, called Mesh, allows you to connect either to a Wi-Fi or cellular network but also allows you to create a mesh network between multiple Mesh devices. This lets you create a mesh network similar to popular IoT devices from Nest and Netgear.… Read More
This man’s 32-point Twitter thread about what it’s like to live with just girls has gone super viral
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You’d think observations about what it’s like to live with the opposite sex would be pretty much old hat by now.
Surely, now that we’re in 2017, it’s all been said before at some point?
Well, maybe — but Roberto Carlos’ 32-point Twitter list about what it’s like to live with all girls for a week certainly seems to have struck some chord.
Here’s the thread in full:
A thread about what I learned whilst living with girls for one week is going live at 10pm
— Roberto Carlos (@TheUniverseMan) December 17, 2017
1) When girls get in from a night out, literally anything is the funniest thing that has ever happened. “OMG HAHAHAAHAH I JUST ATE A CARROT”
— Roberto Carlos (@TheUniverseMan) December 17, 2017 Read more…
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