Copy-Paste Was Invented by a Man Who Hated Complexity — And It Changed Every Computer Forever Larry Tesler believed computers should never make users feel stupid. In 1973 at Xerox PARC, he invented copy-paste. His license plate read NO MODES.

Copy-Paste Was Invented by a Man Who Hated Complexity — And It Changed Every Computer Forever

Larry Tesler believed computers should never make users feel stupid. In 1973 at Xerox PARC, he invented copy-paste. His license plate read NO MODES.

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"My book will outlast Zuckerberg's metaverse, people can go read the novel anytime they want,"

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[Originally posted: 2023-01-20 12:24 UTC]

Happy (𝟴𝟬th) birthday, Larry #Tesler! 🎂🥳👏 [°Apr. 24, 1945 – Feb. 16, 2020]🌹😔🕯️

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𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲, 𝟱 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨....🕯️

𝙸𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚖 Larry #Tesler [°Apr. 24, 1945 – Feb. 𝟭𝟲, 2020]🌹😔

#cut #CtrlX #copy #CtrlC #paste #CtrlV #Smalltalk #XeroxPARC #AppleInc #Amazon #Yahoo #NiklausWirth #ObjectPascal #23andMe #StagecastSoftware #MurielKrechmer #LawrenceGordonTesler #LarryTesler

"It is, in short, the dream of ubiquitous but never conspicuous computing." (From my 1992 interview with Mark Weiser.) #ubiquitouscomputing #xerox #XeroxPARC #markweiser
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