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A comment on Altavista: The rise and fall of the biggest pre-Google search engine. Parent comment

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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