‘Farewell, Etaoin Shrdlu’

5 points by lyall

Perhaps does not meet the bar for topicality, but it feels very relevant to the current software zeitgeist.

"It's inevitable that we're going to go into computers. All the knowledge I've acquired over these 26 years is all locked up in a little box now called a computer. I think most jobs are probably going to end up the same way." @13:51

More direct source from the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/video/insider/100000004687429/farewell-etaoin-shrdlu.html

YouTube mirror for those that prefer it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MGjFKs9bnU

ryan-duve

Absolutely on topic, all the way to the last minute:

But despite automation, computerization and the continuing advances of electronics, the central factor is still the work of the human brain. The work of human eyes. And the work of human hands.

lilac

thanks for sharing, this was really interesting to watch.

lproven

ETAOIN SHRDLU is also very helpful in playing Wordle.

kghose

“Times’s” ?? Is it only a British thing then to do “Times’”? I find that better.