Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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skisnow 114 points a year ago

....5 years ago, which is presumably why you chose to crop out the date before reposting.

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some_kind_of_guy 58 points a year ago

1 year = 1 level of jpeg compression

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slaacaa 35 points a year ago

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oddlyqueer 14 points a year ago

eventually this image will be cut, copied, and pasted until it has faded into a rectangle of white noise overlayed with layer upon layer historical image hosting watermarks, and then, when its meaning has finally passed beyond all human recollection, will Larry finally be able to rest.

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Localhorst86 10 points a year ago

relevant xkcd:
https://xkcd.com/1683/

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cmoney 3 points a year ago

No one is truly gone until they are cut copy and pasted beyond all human recollection.

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cmoney 1 point a year ago

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KneeTitts 2 points a year ago

deleted by creator

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ICastFist 31 points a year ago

You could say the rest of the image was
... 😑🕶🤏
Cut and pasted 😎

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Zagorath 18 points a year ago

…5 years ago, which is presumably why you chose to crop out the date before reposting.

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KneeTitts 4 points a year ago

…5 years ago, which is presumably why you chose to crop out the date before reposting

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jaybone 7 points a year ago

I’m waiting for the post where JFK dies.

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KneeTitts 9 points a year ago

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cmoney 3 points a year ago

I’m waiting for the post where JFK dies.

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unknown 49 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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basiclemmon98 32 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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sentient_loom 25 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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cepelinas 20 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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18107 18 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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cepelinas 15 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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some_kind_of_guy 13 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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Bort 11 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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dalekcaan 10 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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spirinolas 2 points a year ago

I already knew of this. I clicked because I wanted the see the joke you weirdos would make.

I hate you all. Never change.

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unknown 3 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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FartsWithAnAccent 45 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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monogram 33 points a year ago

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dabster291 32 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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PoolloverNathan 25 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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Minizarbi 23 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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Neondragon25 32 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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AmbiguousProps 16 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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cepelinas 16 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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NegativeInf 15 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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SaltyIceteaMaker 13 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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snausagesinablanket 10 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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some_kind_of_guy 10 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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elucubra 21 points a year ago

Didnt he also invent the Tesler car?

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regedit 12 points a year ago

Everything's computer!

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prole 2 points a year ago

Man, that shit would be hilarious if he wasn't actively burning our country to the ground...

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regedit 1 point a year ago

Ain't that the unfortunate truth?

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fubarx 21 points a year ago

Ctrl-Z guy would like a redo.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Teitelman

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cepelinas 10 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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Feersummendjinn 9 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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some_kind_of_guy 9 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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EmpathicVagrant 7 points a year ago

Ctrl+Z is undo, you’re thinking of Ctrl+Y

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JargonWagon 2 points a year ago

I think you mean he'd like to undo his death, rather than redo his life, unless you have a problem with the way the commands were invented or something?

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PixeIOrange 14 points a year ago

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dumbass 13 points a year ago

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NoodlePoint 13 points a year ago

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DrunkAnRoot 12 points a year ago

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Alcan 12 points a year ago

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ProfessorProteus 11 points a year ago

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Someplaceunknown 11 points a year ago

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some_kind_of_guy 10 points a year ago

𝓛𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓣𝓮𝓼𝓵𝓮𝓻, 𝓲𝓷𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓸𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓾𝓽, 𝓬𝓸𝓹𝔂, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓼, 𝓭𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓽 74

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urheber 10 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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rmic 10 points a year ago

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hakunawazo 9 points a year ago

Ctrl + c, Ctrl + v:

Ctrl + x, Ctrl + v:

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BzzBiotch 9 points a year ago

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some_kind_of_guy 8 points a year ago

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halvar 9 points a year ago

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webp 9 points a year ago

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HowAbt2day 8 points a year ago

Ctrl x c v

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ayyy 1 point a year ago

m$yy p

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wabafee 8 points a year ago

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freddydunningkruger 8 points a year ago

I love Tesler!

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TheLastOfHisName 7 points a year ago

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tigeruppercut 5 points a year ago

and pasteLarry cut, copy, Tesler, inventor of, dies at 74 the commands

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Nikls94 4 points a year ago

I’ll CTRL X, CRTL C and CTRL V for him.

To all the downvoters: okay, I’ll CMD X, CMD C and CMD V. If you want I can do a long tap as well.

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tanisnikana 13 points a year ago

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littletranspunk 9 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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some_kind_of_guy 7 points a year ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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JargonWagon 3 points a year ago

Why would anyone downvote for Ctrl vs Cmd? Mac fanboys/fangirls?

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Treczoks 4 points a year ago

May there be infinite copies of heaven for his soul.

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Xttweaponttx 4 points a year ago

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