> I miss the time when computers did what you told them to, instead of trying to read your mind. This could be an illusion, or at least something difficult to

> I miss the time when computers did what you told them to, instead of trying to read your mind. This could be an illusion, or at least something difficult to evaluate; the operator is less likely to notice the situations when the computer successfully “reads their mind”. Also, I guess new users (i.e. those unfamiliar with previous behavior) won’t care as much about wrong assumptions; they will only learn that one doesn’t need a leading zero.