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I use an ibm thinkpad. i just use it like a typewriter, but when i started using it in 1987, i thought i won't be able to write anymore, so i thought i'd go back to the typewriter. but you couldn't go back to the typewriter after using the computer.
-Joan Didion
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I Use An Ibm Thinkpad. I Just

Joan Didion
I use an ibm thinkpad. i just use it like a typewriter, but when i started using it in 1987, i thought i won't be able to write anymore, so i thought i'd go back to the typewriter. but you couldn't go back to the typewriter after using the computer.
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