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...and once you know how to use them (and why they exist), that's a good thing

I've gotten around to using the instead of cursing them.

But it's still strange, that marking text does a different copy than Ctrl-C in Chrome, which gives a different thing than M-W in Emacs.

So, how do I use them, and why do they exist?

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