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Re:Show HN: Turn your fancy, expensive computer into a stupi... by eykd on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:56AM (#23272082)
I bet. I'm in the first generation raised on Mavis Beacon, and I've been writing in malleable text environments most of my life. The temptation to edit as I go can be overwhelming, and I sometimes envy the writers who were forced by their tools to work in actual drafts.
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Re:Show HN: Turn your fancy, expensive computer into a stupi... by krapht on Friday May 22, 2020 @10:07AM (#23272186)
What's whiteout for if not edit as you go? I used so much of it back in the day.
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Re:Show HN: Turn your fancy, expensive computer into a stupi... by eykd on Friday May 22, 2020 @10:10AM (#23272224)
Ha, now that you mention it, I remember my mom using a lot of white-out too.
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Re:Show HN: Turn your fancy, expensive computer into a stupi... by LanceH on Friday May 22, 2020 @10:55AM (#23272772)
My first draft of a story is always in pen. Followed by a very cringey typing it in.
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Re:Show HN: Turn your fancy, expensive computer into a stupi... by eykd on Friday May 22, 2020 @11:30AM (#23273146)
The cringe is very real. You have to push through and fix it in the next draft. :)
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