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		lonelappde on July 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The art of interrupting software engineers We invented books because human memory storage is phenomenally expensive. Why throw them awaym

JJMcJ on July 30, 2019 [–]

"The dimmest ink is superior to the brightest memory" - so said Benjamin Franklin or maybe someone else.

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