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Note the obsessive use of abbreviations and avoidance of capital letters; [Unix] is a system invented by people to whom repetitive stress disorder is what black lung is to miners. Long names get worn down to three-letter nubbins, like stones smoothed by a river.
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But the thing about state-sponsored attacks is that they’re a bit like magic tricks: they operate at a scale which is absurd, which makes them unimaginable, and that’s why they work. Like artificial weather or guided influenza.
The Shock and Awe of State-Sponsored Women’s Fashion
Matt Webb
If you know what you want to do and you do it, that's the work of a craftsman. If you begin with a question and use it to guide an adventure of discovery, that's the work of the artist.
The Creative Act
Rick Rubin
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