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theodp writes
"Among The Verge's picks for the best tech writing of the week is a conversation between MetaFilter founder Matt Haughey and Slashdot founder Rob 'CmdrTaco' Malda, in which the pair reminisce about the history of Slashdot, and consider the future of community online. Having lost the keys to the Slashdot car with his departure, CmdrTaco confesses to having already submitted a few stories anonymously. BTW, if you find yourself in New Zealand in mid-February, you can catch CmdrTaco at Webstock 2012 and give him some suggestions for his Next New Thing."
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DiabloQueen writes
"Paypal is trying to prevent internet users from helping others. Similar to how they screwed over "Something Awful" fans a few years ago, Paypal is trying to keep the fat jealous losers of Regretsy from helping needy children. April put up a donate button so the Regretsy community could donate to help out needy children this Christmas. Even though Papal had a .pdf up saying it was OK to use the donate button for a worthy cause, now their customer service department claims "You can use the donate button to raise money for a sick cat, but not poor people."
Update from Regretsy:
http://www.regretsy.com/2011/12/05/cats-1-kids-0/"Link to Original Source
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DiabloQueen writes
"Neat online interview with Nolan Bushnell of Atari and Chuck E Cheese fame.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,512798,00.html
Memorable quote: "To my knowledge, no acid was ever used at Atari."
They also have a photo gallery of some classic games http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,25810,00.html"Link to Original Source
