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		Retra on Jan 31, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IBM Punched Card Typography If it can be done someone will eventually do it. Make sure you do it first, or your enemies/competitors will do it first. It's really just a rational survival principle.

orbat on Jan 31, 2017 [–]

The point was that you should be be asking whether you should be doing something in the first place

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