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Re:Byte Magazine 1975-1995 on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @02:46PM (#34417692)
and some sent by vendors for review, at his home office. Because Pournelle was then, according to the magazine, "virtually Byte's only writer who was a mere user—he didn't create compilers and computers, he merely used them,"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle

Re:Byte Magazine 1975-1995 on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @02:42PM (#34417630)
For me, the best magazines : Byte & Dr Dobbs Journal. (And for electronics, Elektor). Its a shame no more paper magazines now available like those.
Re:French HIV discoverer Luc Montagnier has died at 89 on Thursday February 10, 2022 @02:50PM (#30291513)
A must read book to understand AIDS in '80s -> Beyond Love (Plus grands que l'amour) (1990), ISBN 0-446-51438-1

Talks about the discovery of AIDS from Luc Montanier and Robert Gallo

RIP Luc Montanier