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0 pointsk1t5y ago0 comments

> QWERTY was intentionally designed to avoid jams

Minor quibble that this is not true (or at least strongly disputed).

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fact-of-fiction-...

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I'm pretty sure the author was referring to the lore, regardless of what the truth might be. Otherwise they'd have had to present a much more detailed explanation.

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0 pointsk1t5y ago0 comments

> QWERTY was intentionally designed to avoid jams

Minor quibble that this is not true (or at least strongly disputed).

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fact-of-fiction-...

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cbsmith5y ago

I'm pretty sure the author was referring to the lore, regardless of what the truth might be. Otherwise they'd have had to present a much more detailed explanation.

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