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Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by rapind on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @01:50PM (#3188024)
We used to program with punch cards... so yeah we're spoiled and damn happy about it.
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Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by dextorious on Thursday November 03, 2011 @03:01PM (#3193190)
Evoking punch cards?

As a programmer, you must know about diminishing returns, right?

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Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by rapind on Thursday November 03, 2011 @04:41PM (#3193594)
Nevermind diminishing returns, how about full circle? Eventually all of this abstraction will become so hard (and buggy) to maintain that we'll go back to using punch cards.
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