remove VM reference

labs/a1.md

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ $ ls
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 **Hints:** 
-- If it's easier, download the above file and work on it in your VM so you don't have to process output from `wget`. 
+- If it's easier, download the above file and work on it locally so you don't have to process output from `wget`. 
 - What common text manipulation commands can help you solve this?
 - Consider the commands `cat | grep ___ | cut  ___ | sed ___ | xargs ___` (though you don't *have to* use them...)
 - As always, be aware that there isn't one unique solution to this problem!
@@ -329,4 +329,4 @@ You may want to look into `dd`[^dd] and the `iflag=fullblock` argument,
 [7]: https://linuxhint.com/bash_stdin_stderr_stdout/
 [8]: https://linux.die.net/man/1/cat
 [9]: https://linux.die.net/man/1/sed
-[10]: https://www.gradescope.com/
+[10]: https://www.gradescope.com/