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Eric S. Raymond
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Yes, I *am* that ESR. Well, it's the question people usually ask. Programmer, wandering philosopher, accidental anthropologist, troublemaker for liberty.
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    Eric S. Raymond
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    5h
    Announcing vms-empire release 1.23 Your system package manager probably knows this as 'vms-empire' The ancestor of all expand/explore/exploit/exterminate games. Empire is a simulation of a full-scale war between two emperors, the computer and you. Naturally, there is only
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    Eric S. Raymond
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    Aug 6
    Announcing reposurgeon release 5.10 Your system package manager probably knows this as 'reposurgeon' A tool for editing version-control repository history. reposurgeon enables risky operations that version-control systems don't want to let you do, such as editing past comments
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    Eric S. Raymond
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    Aug 5
    This is good poetry. If Emily freaking Wilson ever reads this, she should hang her head in shame.
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    Xander 🚀
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    Aug 4
    Yo ho, haul away, she’s weathered fire and foam, She kissed the sea, refused to sink, and now she’s coming home. Heave away, my brothers, let every sailor know, The ship that sailed from heaven’s edge still rides the waves below.
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    Eric S. Raymond
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    Aug 4
    Microsoft will never fix Windows, because the features that enrage users in Windows 11 are exactly the ones that generate recurring revenue and market control. That is exactly *why* they enrage users! Yes, you'll get reversals of some idiotic user interface decisions. You'll