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Re:Mary Lee Berners-Lee has died by Symbiote on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @05:05PM (#16226783)
Starting a fire is the default meaning of the word.

Kindling as a noun is the twigs, leaves, moss or whatever used to start the fire.

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Re:Mary Lee Berners-Lee has died by DiabloD3 on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @05:33PM (#16226987)
Which is somewhat hilarious when you realize Amazon is telling you to burn books.
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Re:Mary Lee Berners-Lee has died by romwell on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @06:10PM (#16227212)
Doesn't sound bad when you take it figuratively. The fires that some texts kindled centuries ago are still burning.
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