The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Facepalm@lemmy.world · 1 day agoI wonder how Jeff from 2007 is doing these days.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down14
arrow-up1204arrow-down1imageI wonder how Jeff from 2007 is doing these days.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Facepalm@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareMadrigal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 day ago99933244, 444 777332555555999 644477777777 7777733555555444664 8444446647777 666888 5554445533 8444447777. 844666777733 93377733 84433 329997777.
minus-squaredracc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 day ago Yeah, I really miss spelling things out like this. Those were the days. Missing the pauses needed to start the next letter sure stumped my translation progress.
minus-squareCannonFodder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down9·17 hours agoI stuck it into chad: Looks like classic phone keypad (T9-style) text 😊 Decoded message: “yeah i really miss spelling things of like this. those were the days.” (There are a couple small typos in the sequence—“ov lile” → “of like”)
minus-squareJeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoI loved this because I was able to text without looking. When T9 was an option I would always turn off. Those indeed were the days
minus-squaredracc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoI typed with T9 without looking. Learned what order the “common button combination” words would be suggested. Still haven’t recovered my WPM from that era.
minus-squarethe_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoMy phone had a keyboard because I was just so darn cool.
minus-squaredracc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 hours agoReleased two years later, expensive as hell, still had a touchscreen. The blackberry was always an option.
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Missing the pauses needed to start the next letter sure stumped my translation progress.
I stuck it into chad:
Looks like classic phone keypad (T9-style) text 😊
Decoded message:
“yeah i really miss spelling things of like this. those were the days.”
(There are a couple small typos in the sequence—“ov lile” → “of like”)
Chad did a bad job. Fuck AI.
I loved this because I was able to text without looking. When T9 was an option I would always turn off. Those indeed were the days
I typed with T9 without looking. Learned what order the “common button combination” words would be suggested. Still haven’t recovered my WPM from that era.
My phone had a keyboard because I was just so darn cool.
Released two years later, expensive as hell, still had a touchscreen. The blackberry was always an option.