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[โ€“] veroxii@aussie.zone 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Shift came from typewriters. It literally shifted the mechanism over so the keys would trigger a different set of hammers.

And the first typewriter came out in 1868. So this was already old tech by the time that 94 year old was born.

[โ€“] KrokanteBamischijf@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, which is why there is no way to explain the original post other than being the ramblings of a madman.