Hacker News with Generative AI: Typewriters

'We use them every day': the clack of typewriter keys can still be heard (bbc.com)
Computers and smartphones might be where most writing is done these days, but typewriters still have work to do in the US.

Typewriters, Technology, Writing, History, Culture

3 points by admp 6 days ago | 0 comments

In some parts of the US, the clack of typewriter keys can still be heard (bbc.com)
Computers and smartphones might be where most writing is done these days, but typewriters still have work to do in the US.

Typewriters, Writing, Technology, Culture, United States

20 points by tigerlily 11 days ago | 10 comments

Japanese Culture, Vintage Technology, Typewriters, Video

98 points by CaliforniaKarl 33 days ago | 16 comments

Vintage, Typewriters, Collectibles

20 points by mooreds 43 days ago | 9 comments

We'll buy back your Typewriter for Uncle Sam (pncnmnp.github.io)
The poster is about a Smith-Corona Typewriter Service offering to buy back typewriters for the U.S. government due to a typewriter shortage during the war.

History, War, Government, Typewriters

130 points by pncnmnp 179 days ago | 52 comments

Typewriters, Antique, History

42 points by brudgers 248 days ago | 18 comments