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by Analemma_ 1325 days ago
Because they think the people they're most similar to are respected old-school hackers (rms, jwz, etc.) instead of carnival hucksters like P. T. Barnum.
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alliao 1325 days ago
i can just imagine jwz squirming at the idea of this and it is way too funny...
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eru 1325 days ago
P. T. Barnum doesn't deserve the bad reputation. See eg https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=310056
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jefftk 1325 days ago
If they were imitating the older style they would use lowercase
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