My late mother thought Gladly was rather a nice name for a bear, but as a child she could never[…]
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My late mother thought Gladly was rather a nice name for a bear, but as a child she could never[…]
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Read moreT he Jargon File, also known as The New Hacker’s Dictionary, is a window into a golden age of computing.[…]
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