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> slides should be online in another couple weeks. Why does it take so long?

• hamandcheese 7y ago
  They have to be loaded from tape.
  • deleted 7y ago
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• pletnes 7y ago
  The tape has to rewind.
• jhoechtl 7y ago
  People have something better to do instead providing information to you for free?
  • monocasa 7y ago
    To be fair, the job of the Library of Congress is providing information for free.
    • booi 7y ago
      how do they pay for it? because if it's taxes...
      • monocasa 7y ago
        Honest question: When you ask that (particularly in places like HN), are you expecting someone to have a revelation and and not understand that taxes pay for government services? Like free is shorthand for "no cost at time of use" here.
      • modsiw 7y ago
        Our forefathers put their tooth fairy money in a trust to maintain the sum total of human knowledge. Ever notice how people back in the day all had missing teeth? Like Washington and his wooden dentures? We owe them mightily.
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• ghaff 7y ago
  Because someone probably has to take time out of their day job to do so. Also, if it’s like any other conference I have ever attended, half the presenters didn’t send in slides and have to be hounded to do so—and many still won’t get around to it.