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I'm kinda gettig tired of all these Aaron Swartz posts. There I said it.
by Yuioup 14y ago
I'm kinda gettig tired of all these Aaron Swartz posts. There I said it.
- nsomaru 14y agoI think it's important that awareness of this is maintained. Not so much for "Swartz" himself, but for the potential this has to reform copyright in the U.S, and thus encourage others to follow suite
- shock 14y agoTherein lies the power of the oppressors: the public attention span to any one subject is severely limited. I admit to also getting tired, but I wish it weren't so, because it doesn't seem we've accomplished much. The petition has stalled and no reforms have been made.
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- corporalagumbo 14y agoWelcome to 2013 and the sound and fury of insta-activism. Welcome also to 2012 (KONY) and 2011 (Occupy). Am I missing anything?
- panacea 14y ago"Am I missing anything?" Stop SOPA?
- corporalagumbo 14y agoAh yes. Sometimes the mob does have teeth.
- raldi 14y agoYeah, but this is by far the best-researched one I've seen. The writer could've crapped something out in a hurry a month ago, but instead took the time to focus on quality. That deserves our applause. Most of the previous coverage made it sound like Aaron was instrumental in the design of RSS, for example. That wasn't really the case, and the article is the first I've seen to get that right. On the other hand, he did play a true role in the creation of Markdown, and the article gives him fair credit for that. And I believe this is the most detailed account to date of Aaron's time at YC, which I found to be really, really interesting. If you read only one section of the piece, that's the one I'd recommend.
- exodust 14y agoI think you're right. This article is the new benchmark in Aaron Swartz articles. A late entry, but has completely obliterated the field. Anyone thinking of writing a Swartz article take note, the bar is high. You'll need a team of people and a decent budget to approach the same quality. Good luck.
- nikcub 14y agoI almost didn't click on this story because I thought the same, but it turns out that this feature is a lot more detailed and interesting than all of those other stories (which were all rushed out) combined.
- bad_user 14y agoDude, then don't read them. A good hacker died who's death could have been avoided. Some people feel the need to raise awareness about it. I personally don't mind, as these articles are far less annoying to me than the latest industry's farts and could actually lead to some change.
- rdl 14y agoI'm looking forward to the Abelson MIT report; other than that I don't anticipate any new information, and thus no "news" value.