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"i never used a computer again" (lemmy.sdf.org)
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[โ€“] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You'll be glad you know ed on that day when you're stuck with nothing but a thin-client teletype terminal on Mars and having to edit a file stored on Earth 24 light-minutes away.

[โ€“] bazzett@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Something like that happened in the book "The Martian" by Andy Weir. I loved that part!