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Unimpressed Again

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I offer yet another example of how computers aren’t as scary as we’re being told they are.

I was typing an email to a Sloper, and I messed up a word:

Now you, dear reader, certainly recognize what the word was supposed to have been. Not only is it easy to tell based on what often-used word should be there, but in the context of the sentence, you know what it should be.

The all-powerful software, however? Let’s take a look.

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