The QWERTY keyboard will persist until the heat death of the universe.

The QWERTY keyboard will persist until the heat death of the universe. | technologies get locked in Peter including but not limited to the querty keyboard as I've joked on the pod in the past. We're going to be stuck with quarterty until the heat death of the universe.

technologies get locked in Peter including but not limited to the querty keyboard as I've joked on the pod in the past. We're going to be stuck with quarterty until the heat death of the universe.

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