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1. DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2018 19:03:52 EST DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

   nothing is more indicative of the breadth of our current technology woes than having to sit and watch as your keyboard software and the javascript manipulating a web page text field fight over who is going to get to silently change what you are typing first.

   1. DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2018 19:05:57 EST DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

      in reply to

      keyboard: I shall always put a space before that character, because that's what people want sometimes.

      web page: that character often should not have whitespace before it, so I will delete any whitespace that might precede it.

      sundog: I am fucking off to Forth.

   2. ‭‮ʀᴇᴛᴛɪᴡT‮ 💀 (twitter@mastodon.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2018 19:09:11 EST ‭‮ʀᴇᴛᴛɪᴡT‮ 💀

      in reply to

      @djsundog and for some reason people think that the AIs they want to put everywhere won't spend all of their time doing the same damn thing...

      1. DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2018 19:14:28 EST DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

         in reply to

         @twitter

         cortana: "the time is currently five forty two"
         alexa: "ordering five four by twos"
         siri: "all set with your reservation for five for burritos - where would you like to get them?"
         google's ass: "the nsa recommends tres amigos"

   3. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2018 19:14:48 EST Nate Cull

      in reply to

      @djsundog oh good lord I have that on mobile ALL THE TIME

      Me: press the but

      Keyboard: you are typing a word! That word looks like another word! Would you like to type that other word instead Y/YES/YEAH/YEP/OK/SURE/DEFFO

      Me: NOPE

      Keyboard: Nyyeess! Doing it anyway.

      Keyboard: BUTT

      Javascript: Oh hi you're typing butt? Would you like to correct that to butyl

      Keyboard: HEY GIMME THAT

      Javascript: NO I HAVE CONTROL

      (they fight)

      Me: But -

      Keyboard/Javascript (together): NOBODY ASKED YOU

      1. DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2018 19:18:02 EST DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

         in reply to

         @natecull it is the absolute worst possible user experience and it is everywhere these days. makes me grump.