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The New Unix Philosophy
1. Do one thing and never try anything else
2. Everything is an unreadable shell script
3. Make every program a coffee filter
4. Threats are better than cleverness
5. Support diversity (add lots of options)
6. Bugs with many eyeballs make great pets
7. Fail noisily (troll the internet)
8. Timezones are hard
9. Version control is evil
10. When in doubt, ask the user about Akonadi
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