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|    August Abolins to mark lewis    |
|    shorthand mnemonics like IDK    |
|    05 Apr 21 18:22:00    |
      MSGID: 1:153/757.21@fidonet ef210056       REPLY: 2143.fido-points@1:3634/12 24d08690       PID: OpenXP/5.0.49 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: -0400       Hello mark!               ml> i wouldn't call it a new generation... just more things are being        ml> shortened like we did 30 years ago...               ml> IDK = I Don't Know (you already looked up)        ml> WDYM = What Do You Mean        ml> ISWYD = I See What You Did (There)        ml> PFP = ProFile Picture (eg: noice PFP!)               ml> mainly new common phrases for the most part... there are moar but i think        ml> urban dictionary and similar cover them better than i/we could here ;)              Speaking of words.. reminds me of this story that I read on        [RT]:              "Voicechat AI Censorship: Taking all the fun out of online       gaming?              "Intel is developing technology for in-game voice chat for video       games that will filter out harmful language before anyone hears       it.              "The software, called "The Bleep", uses AI processing to remove       insults and hateful language through extensive use of speech-to-       text filters and monitoring "conversation temperature".              "Misogyny, name-calling, and racial hate speech, as well as       other types of profanity, are categorized and can be toggled on       or off, with a slider to scale the level of toxicity redacted       from voice chat.              "Intel announced they're planning to release Bleep into beta       sometime this year.              "But the question remains: does Intel even care about pwning       n00bz?              --        ../|ug              --- OpenXP 5.0.49        * Origin: Mobile? Join CHAT here: https://tinyurl.com/y5k7tsla (1:153/757.21)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 129/305 153/757 229/426 664 700 282/1038 301/1 322/757       PATH: 153/757 229/664 426           |
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