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		johannes1234321 on Feb 12, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who is the longest-serving programmer? The part about scanning is how you responded to faxes in the old days. However the thing about making a quick note on paper and having a secretary who creates a nice reply is way more efficient than messing with mail directly.

craftyguy on Feb 13, 2018 [–]

Gosh, if only everyone had a secretary to expand a comment into a nice reply.

mseebach on Feb 13, 2018 | [–]

... to be read by the recipients secretary who then discards all the niceties and just tells the recipient "Acme said no on the Foo".

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