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  • This is the end, my only friend.

    There may be a problem with the money I am usually resistant to the notion that times are permanently changed. There seems to be a real trend towards making things sound as bad or as good as possible, and to feel that each new event is totally unprecedented. It’s in the interest of a large [...]

  • The end of an era

    The first time I heard about Slashdot, it was a wonderful place. The ‘news for nerds’ was high-impact and usually well before any other sites. I spent most of the summer of 2003 moderating comments, I even have a few 5′s. No more. As of today, slashdot is off my list of rss feeds. The [...]

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