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Re:Altavista: The rise and fall of the biggest pre-Google se... by JadeNB on Friday February 15, 2019 @01:39PM (#19173479)
> > I expect any specific person's opinion of the percentage breakdown of those factors depends a lot on which group they were in at the time.

> I feel like that tells me where your percentage would lie...

Are you responding to BryantD's admission of (widespread) bias by accusing BryantD of bias? This seems to add nothing to the conversation.

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Re:Altavista: The rise and fall of the biggest pre-Google se... by reificator on Friday February 15, 2019 @02:48PM (#19174097)
I apologize, it was intended as a joke to lighten the mood. It's never a good thing to lose one's job or have a company fail, even that long ago, so my response is to attempt humor.
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Re:Altavista: The rise and fall of the biggest pre-Google se... by JadeNB on Friday February 15, 2019 @02:50PM (#19174116)
> I apologize, it was intended as a joke to lighten the mood. It's never a good thing to lose one's job or have a company fail, even that long ago, so my response is to attempt humor.

I see; I incorrectly read it as accusatory. Thanks for the very civil reply!

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Re:Altavista: The rise and fall of the biggest pre-Google se... by reificator on Friday February 15, 2019 @04:20PM (#19174828)
> I incorrectly read it as accusatory.

That's okay, I have a very dry sense of humor and straight-faced delivery in person as well. Which is unfortunate because it means I can't blame the lack of tone online when jokes don't land, they often don't in person either.

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