We've all pressed Ctrl+C a million times. Linux solved this in the 1980s — the rest of us didn't. (opens in new tab)

Pay attention to the next thing you copy on your computer. Actually watch yourself do it. You don't do one thing. You do two: you select the text, then you press Ctrl+C. And if your hands are on the mouse, it's often worse — select, right-click, hunt for "Copy" in a menu, click it. Two steps, sometimes three. Pasting is the same trap. You don't just paste — you first click into the place you want the text to land (activate the field, position the cursor), then you press Ctrl+V. Two steps agai...