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Larry Tesler<\/strong>, may your should rest in peace! Anyone who has ever used a computer (practically the entire world) is thankful to you<\/strong>. Larry is the computer scientist who invented the Cut, Copy and Paste commands<\/strong>. Yes, he is practically the man who saved the life of every college student in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry passed away at age 74<\/strong>. As a final thank you note, let’s take a look back at the impressive life<\/strong> of this legendary man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Silicon Valley History Man<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Tessler, a Stanford University\u00a0graduate<\/strong>, started an early career at only 16. In fact, he is considered one of the youngest innovators at the Silicon Valley<\/strong>. As a Freshman in college, he set up a software business. Later on, he worked with Xerox Parc, Apple<\/a> and Yahoo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, one of his best qualities was firmly believing in the future of technology. <\/strong>In fact, he knew early on that computers will eventually stop relying on ”modes”, and start using more short-cuts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry Tessler, A Visionary Man<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Furthermore, Larry Tessler was interviews by BBC<\/a> in 2012. He spoke about the beginning of his journey, in times where computers weren’t even accessible to many people<\/strong>. Moreover, in 1960, he began working on what will later become one of the most used computer commands of all times.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, he had the opportunity to work with many great minds and innovators. In the same interviews, he shared some anecdotes regarding his relationship with both Steve Jobs, and Jeff Bezos <\/strong>during his working time with Apple and Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Icon Of Early Computing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Icon of early computing, has died aged 74. However, we can all agree that he left a legacy behind<\/strong>. Thanks to his invention, he made computers’ use much simpler and easier.<\/strong> The computer scientist who invented the copy & paste commands, Larry Tessler has helped the world in so many ways thanks to his innovations<\/strong>. In fact, even after retiring, he dedicated himself to helping emerging tech companies<\/strong>, in order to ”share what he has learned with the next generation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos: Twitter<\/a>, Pixabay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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