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Larry Tesler, inventor of many things including cut/copy/paste, passed away four years ago. Many people are unaware of this, and that's fine. But i
by OhMeadhbh 2y ago
Larry Tesler, inventor of many things including cut/copy/paste,
passed away four years ago. Many people are unaware of this,
and that's fine. But it seems there are people who believe it
is a great joke to copy and paste his obituary every couple of
months. Then people who did not know of Larry's passing re-post
the news. I quit social media long ago because I found such
behaviour irritating, but recently friends started emailing me
links (like the one above) linking to a screen-shot of a post
announcing his passing.
I appreciate you trying to alert the world of news of people's
passing, but please do a quick scan of credible news sources or
even the Wikipedia before reposting such alerts. I knew Larry
only peripherally and it's a little shocking to see news that he
keeps dying. I can only imagine how this makes his family feel.