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    Prof. Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️ (rachelthornsub@famichiki.jp)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Oct-2025 14:22:12 JST Prof. Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️ Prof. Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️

    I’ve been hearing a lot about the long-lost Mingkwai typewriter, but most of what I had seen was written by people who had no understanding of Chinese writing, so none could explain how the damned thing worked. Julesy explains it in great detail, and now I finally see what a marvel Lin Yutang’s invention truly was. Wow. This was such a huge improvement over the unweildy typewriters that were used in the Sinosphere, including Japan, until the advent of the word processor.
    https://youtu.be/riZ5hZUOlk8?si=r1fSngQiPesXR8v9

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      Ever wondered how Chinese people used typewriters? This video tells the strange and fascinating story of how the Chinese fit 90,000 characters into a single ...
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      Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Oct-2025 14:22:34 JST Adrianna Tan Adrianna Tan
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      @RachelThornSub her videos are so goof

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