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kps on Oct 18, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Problems with MacBook butterfly switch keyboards

> Who the hell decided that programmers don't need a functional ESC key or permanent function keys?

Steve Jobs.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/841771

The original Macintosh didn't have them either, or Control.

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