I am rarely happier than when spending entire day programming my compu…

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I am rarely happier than when spending entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that it would otherwise take me a good ten seconds to do by hand. ✨ Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine (2011). Last Chance to See, p.49, Ballantine Books
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I am rarely happier than when spending entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that it would otherwise take me a good ten seconds to do by hand. ✨ Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine (2011). Last Chance to See, p.49, Ballantine Books

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