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Element 73

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Adapt

Paste, and let it reshape what you bring to fit.

paste as plain · paste as table · paste translated

Predicted as eka-Embed

The frame left this cell empty and described the act it should hold. On checking, it had already been built, by 2024. The table generated the act; it didn’t foresee it.

First known

From a history

2024Microsoft PowerToys Advanced Paste pastes copied text as plain text, Markdown, JSON, or per a plain-language instruction.

May 2024. Word's Smart cut and paste may be earlier; its page is undated.

Dated by a reputable history or a participant's own account. The source.

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Specimen № 73 — operate freely

Paste the group chat into the note three ways. Then reread what you copied.

Fig. 73 — Adapt

000 readings · idle

Down the Paste column

  1. it remembersPaPaste
  2. it connectsEmEmbed
  3. it guessesAdAdapt
  4. it actsAyApply

Read down and Paste gets heavier: each step is the same act, on a machine that keeps track of more.

Bodies

The act stays put while the hardware changes. These are some of the forms Adapt takes.

  • paste as plain
  • paste as table
  • paste translated