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Tell HN: Bob Cringely has died

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k310 · 1791086742 · focus · HN ↗
Wikipedia:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_X._Cringely" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_X._Cringely
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  Born Mark Stephens 
    January 28, 1953 (age 73)
    Apple Creek, Ohio, U.S.
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JUST updated. I had 8 minutes left to edit this.
Died October 3, 2026 (aged 73)
1. wyclif · 1791105096 · focus · HN ↗
  ...and the edit wars begin.
  1. k310 · 1791127259 · focus · HN ↗
    Help me out here. I visited Wikipedia to check if the post was real, in this post-truth era. Wikipedia is usually quick to update, but not this time. When it was updated, I had 8 minutes to update my post, which I did.
    HN disables edits after one hour, which, in a world of "nothing but change," can make one look mighty foolish, and I have in the past asked for a post to be removed.
    I am just puzzled why anyone would downvote a Wikipedia link. Maybe it's because Earth's magnetic poles are reversing. Maybe not.
    [deleted] · 1791138104 · focus · HN ↗
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