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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by amelius on Sunday March 19, 2023 @12:04PM (#35220317)
A better headline: Unix Legend Ken Thompson discovers that you can't use Apple products for building cool DIY stuff.
Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by artificial on Sunday March 19, 2023 @12:54PM (#35220962)
Community sourced headlines (toggleable visibility natch) would be a great addition. Tie the voting to karma on them.
Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by codetrotter on Sunday March 19, 2023 @01:32PM (#35221415)
> Community sourced headlines (toggleable visibility natch) would be a great addition. Tie the voting to karma on them.

I remember when I first discovered the StackOverflow website. Every question had tags on it and some number next to each tag. Me at the time thought that this number meant how many times people had added each of those tags to the specific question I was looking at. It took like a year or something before I realised that this is not what those numbers meant.

Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by jen20 on Sunday March 19, 2023 @01:05PM (#35221071)
I’m suddenly reminded of the existence of n-gate!
Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by codetrotter on Sunday March 19, 2023 @01:30PM (#35221404)
It doesn’t exist anymore. Or rather I mean, it hasn’t been updated in months. Probably the author found something better to do with his time.
Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by disgruntledphd2 on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:05PM (#35221767)
I spotted a user on the FT with that handle, and asked if they were the eponymous one.

They didn't reply.

But just in case you're reading this, person/people/AIs behind n-gate, you are sorely missed.

That is all.