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shmoobadge 1 days ago [-]
I gave up using swipe typing after the Nth time it changed a word 10 words back just as I pressed send. Maybe this is why in a few of those cases but not generally. Having to proofread messages after sending didn't seem efficient. But thank you for doing this... a little light shone on something goes a long way.
jonplackett 1 days ago [-]
For some reason for me typing now feels like walking on ice. Sure sometimes it successfully corrects a mistyped word - but it so often changes a correct word to an incorrect one that I think I’m worse off overall.
I picked up my old iPhone 7 last week and typing on iOS16 on that MUCH smaller screen somehow feels MORE accurate.
Something’s gone seriously wrong with predictive text.
306bobby 20 hours ago [-]
Do you mean iOS15? The 7 didn't get 16
jonplackett 13 hours ago [-]
Probably yeah - I was just kinda guessing at how old the iOS was.
All I know is it was OLD. But somehow the keyboard was way better
operator-name 1 days ago [-]
This isn’t limited to swipe, they don’t auto-suggest either. Some of the phrases in the full world list are really innocent too:
- are some important
- fish finger(s)
- he’s hot
- is the worst
- sneak peak
- thank god
- you suck
Moomoomoo309 1 days ago [-]
Is "thank god" in there because it wants to capitalize God? That could help explain it, maybe?
riddley 1 days ago [-]
Probably best that it doesn't do sneak peak since it's sneak peek.
operator-name 23 hours ago [-]
Yeah, I just wonder how it got in the initial September 2020 list of explicit phrases?
A mistake or accident? A workaround for a swipe autocorrect bug? Or some really obscure slang, somehow ending up on their list of obscure phrases?
sli 2 hours ago [-]
"Sneak peak" sounds like a new slang term for "sleeper hit."
sam_bristow 1 days ago [-]
Stealth mountain.
calmingsolitude 21 hours ago [-]
Why do some of the listings say “Swipe works”? Why are they listed in the first place?
-_- 20 hours ago [-]
Author here: because they’re still blocked from autocomplete/keyboard suggestions. The distinction only exists in English.
rationalist 1 days ago [-]
WTF, it changes words after you already typed it and moved on?
That's worse than the HN title of merely just not suggesting the phrase, that is some 1984 going on.
> After “Left wing”, swiping conspiracy makes the keyboard rewrite the word before it. Wing becomes wrong,
patwork 1 days ago [-]
Same energy as turning the gun emoji to a water gun. You don't help anything by getting in the way of what people are trying to communicate.
Rastonbury 12 hours ago [-]
Seems to me they are trying avoiding accusation of bias/politics and stop 'Apple autocorrects to X' going viral
Y-bar 5 hours ago [-]
Coding in an explicit denial of word like “Trayvon Martin” is a clear political choice. If they want to be politically neutral they would avoid choosing politically charged word to block.
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slipperybeluga 1 days ago [-]
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dado3212 1 days ago [-]
Why did someone buy a full domain for this.
solyin 1 days ago [-]
Depending on your socioeconomic status, the $12/year for a .com is either cheap or expensive, and while I hesitate to claim I'm disgusting wealthy (because I'm not) I, (I'm not the OP) at least rich enough to spend $12/year amongst other life's expenses. Having a custom domain name for a thing is a way of driving people to the domain, instead of focusing on yourself. It feels less self-aggrandizing to point at a project on its own domain name, rather than say hey, look at my blog which is branded with my name. What's important is the project, not me.
sellmesoap 1 days ago [-]
I appreciate it, I don't even own any iProducts but I find it interesting to see what phrases or words are considered for censorship from a mainstream mega corp.
Apparently it won't autocomplete cunning linguist, but it doesn't block master debater so half of that Austin powers joke (surely borrowed from an earlier comedian) will still autocomplete. Groovy baby yeah!
cowlevel 18 hours ago [-]
because a catchy domain seems to be 30% of marketing these days, and marketing seems to be 70% of success
dado3212 6 hours ago [-]
But they're not selling anything? It just feels like a blog post.
hexasquid 15 hours ago [-]
Perhaps they are afraid someone could something pedestrian and it guesses something saucy or spicy.
ChrisArchitect 1 days ago [-]
Related:
Apple's predictive text restrictions include 'Dictator Trump' and 'Sleepy Joe'
I picked up my old iPhone 7 last week and typing on iOS16 on that MUCH smaller screen somehow feels MORE accurate.
Something’s gone seriously wrong with predictive text.
All I know is it was OLD. But somehow the keyboard was way better
- are some important
- fish finger(s)
- he’s hot
- is the worst
- sneak peak
- thank god
- you suck
A mistake or accident? A workaround for a swipe autocorrect bug? Or some really obscure slang, somehow ending up on their list of obscure phrases?
That's worse than the HN title of merely just not suggesting the phrase, that is some 1984 going on.
> After “Left wing”, swiping conspiracy makes the keyboard rewrite the word before it. Wing becomes wrong,
Apparently it won't autocomplete cunning linguist, but it doesn't block master debater so half of that Austin powers joke (surely borrowed from an earlier comedian) will still autocomplete. Groovy baby yeah!
Apple's predictive text restrictions include 'Dictator Trump' and 'Sleepy Joe'
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50391486
I dumped Apple's word list
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50357782