• Num10ck@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    i read once that untangling fabric is the hardest part of domestic robots. we don’t have the math for laundry.

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      7 months ago

      And we still can’t replace human seamstresses, reliably automating many processes is STILL hard

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        7 months ago

        Completely unrelated, but I just noticed that “seamstress” still seems acceptable, despite shifting more toward gender neutral vocational titles. The only other one I can think of was “stewardess” which was changed to “Flight Attendant.”

        Is there a difference between a tailor and a seamstress? Or is the latter just the female version of the former, and therefore an archaic term?