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From: David Hume <David.Hume@example.com>
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Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:

> https://medium.com/solve-for-x/x-to-close-417936dfc0dc
>

Isn't this an overcomplication? If you write something on a piece of
paper, and then decide it is wrong, you cross it out, i.e. put a big X
on top of it. I think that predates computers.