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@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Why should we bother learning about git or how it works?
     other people, how they succeed, what were the elements of their success,
     which elements of that can you adapt to your personality. You can't be
     everybody but you have to find your own method, and studying success is a
-    very good way of forming your own style." --John Hamming
+    very good way of forming your own style." --Richard Hamming
     "You and Your Research" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1zDuOPkMSw
 
 git has an inconsistent UI and competing tools are better implemented.