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RIP. With all due respect, Meta comment here: I imagine computing has become sufficiently ubiquitous such that in ~50 yrs time the HN bar will always be black
by maerF0x0 5y ago
RIP.
With all due respect, Meta comment here: I imagine computing has become sufficiently ubiquitous such that in ~50 yrs time the HN bar will always be black because we will have > 365 important folks pass away each year.
But will there be a HN then?
- midnightclubbed 5y agoWeak argument. Sir Clive's influence on computing, particularly in Britain is enormous. For many of us his products are the reason we are part of this industry.
- maerF0x0 5y agoI'm more reflecting on the fact that the number of programmers roughly doubles every 5 years and thus the number of Sir Clive's should be greatly increasing too, no?
- goto11 5y agoSinclair was probably as important in Europe as Apple II was in the US.