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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
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
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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Ago Editor Long Writing
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
You can’t prove anything about a program written in C or FORTRAN. It’s really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar.
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Program Prove Sugar

I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.

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