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1. soared+cf[view] [source] 2015-12-12 17:54:19
>>quanti+(OP)
> Richard Stallman (2002) I don’t know how to make a screenshot, because I normally use my computer in text-mode. I have X and GNOME installed, but I use them only occasionally.

Does anyone else find this quote completely absurd? What a ridiculous disconnect from modern computing, even in 2002, to use text-mode.

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2. sheepm+ul[view] [source] 2015-12-12 19:40:34
>>soared+cf
And yet he is more productive than 90% of developers. And it's no surprise.

Walking through a standard tech office you find half the people on random websites like hn instead of working.

The remaining half have dozens of apps open with the devs rapidly switching between them, as if cycling between 5 chat windows, 10 browser tabs, a couple of text editors, a work email client, a personal email client, and an IDE every couple of mins is productive.

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