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troyvit 29 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: ZetaOffice: LibreOffice in the Browser

> We build our computer systems the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins.

-- Ellen Ullman

jancsika 29 days ago [–]

My brain compares cities to planned suburban developments complete with their wonderful HOAs.

My brain concludes that Ellen thinks we are building our computer systems in the least bad way. :)

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