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Tell HN: Bob Cringely has died

871 points · 188 comments · paveworld

havaloc · 1791078901 · focus · HN ↗
When searching to verify the veracity of this, this post made me laugh: <a href="https://www.cringely.com/2020/01/23/not-dead-yet-what-bob-cringely-has-been-up-to/" rel="nofollow">https://www.cringely.com/2020/01/23/not-dead-yet-what-bob-cr... (Circa 2020).
1. derekdahmer · 1791085429 · focus · HN ↗
  Cool story but after doing some digging it’s likely not true.
  <a href="https://www.jeremyreimer.com/rockets-item.lsp?f=true&p=272" rel="nofollow">https://www.jeremyreimer.com/rockets-item.lsp?f=true&p=272
  1. PlunderBunny · 1791103263 · focus · HN ↗
    Everyone should read the above. Cringely had so many stories where he seemed to be part of, or present to witness, significant events in the computer industry - after a while you become suspicious that one person could really do/see all these things. Like he was a 'Forrest Gump' of technology.
    HarHarVeryFunny · 1791123745 · focus · HN ↗
    Sounds more like Woody Allen's 'Zelig'.
    stevenwoo · 1791129494 · focus · HN ↗
    This happens in first episode of recent East of Eden adaptation when Cyrus Trask claims to have been at all the major Civil War battles.

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