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One of the saddest sights to me has always been a human at a keyboard doing something by hand that could be automated. It's sad but hilarious.

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Boris Beizer
Age: 84 †
Born: 1934
Born: January 1
Died: 2018
Died: October 7
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Keyboard
Humans
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Something
Keyboards
Always
Saddest
Hilarious
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Hand
Hands
Automated

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