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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?

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
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
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
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
The best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it’s true. For me, I use the assumption that object oriented programming is the way to go.
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Research Use 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
What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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Computer Should Technology
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
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 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

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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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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