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nine years ago for the date nazis

Very much agree. Being in the UK I never saw the original broadcasts, but I've enjoyed them on YouTube. (the ability to "time-travel" with YouTube never ceases to amaze me.)

We had a similar pair over here in .uk -- Chris Serle and Ian McNaught-Davis. They had a down-to-earth way of presenting the like of which we will not see again, mainly because of their characters, but also of the context in which they were presenting: as you say seeking to make the public aware about the wave of the future. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Computer_Programme (the theme music of which was Kraftwerk's "Computer World", no less!))


stop stalking my posts

"pastime"

>Nothing but pseudo "grindset" cargo cultists as far as the eye can see writing worthless technical platitude posts.

stealing this. ;-)


100% agree. Cynics can be always be right about the past, but optimists are often right about the future, because they are the ones actually building it.

The negative replies to this comment are ironic.


in other news, hurrah for the oxford comma

sqlite seems to be ideal for a package manager

I feel like the rqlite people would have a lot to say about how to coordinate your installations, especially for the high-bandwidth non-desktop installs.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45257349



who are the reviewers? Statler and Waldorf?

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