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Re:The Odyssey – Alexander Pope translation (1725) by bookofjoe on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @10:31AM (#24353629)
>There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.

Often attributed (erroneously) to Kenneth Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).

Source investigation: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/09/14/home-computer/

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Re:The Odyssey – Alexander Pope translation (1725) by kijin on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @10:50AM (#24353821)
We had strayed from this prophesy for a while, but we've since repented. Now we're trying to push as much computing as possible to the cloud, leaving ourselves with only dumb terminals.
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Re:The Odyssey – Alexander Pope translation (1725) by bookofjoe on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @11:11AM (#24354002)
>In the long run we are all dead.—John Maynard Keynes
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