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What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.

Bill Joy

I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
You can drive a car by looking in the rear view mirror as long as nothing is ahead of you. Not enough software professionals are engaged in forward thinking.
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Mirrors Thinking Views
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
Although humankind inherently “desires to know”, if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge.
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Common Sense Desire Knowledge
The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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Code Crank Maintaining Out Programmers
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn’t we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn’t we proceed with great caution?
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Asking Development Technological

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