> Oleo is a GNU spreadsheet going back absolutely donkey years.

Third line of README:

> As of this writing (February 1999)

Whoah, you weren't kidding!

Yes, I'm partial to a bit of retro. It does back to around 1991, IIRC. I don't think it had a curses interface in those days.

And check this: version 1.2.2 is available on Aminet, for the Amiga. How's that for a blast from the past?

This story is the typical "got banned, complained on HN, only then did Google see fit to actually help me" however I'm surprised that before this was posted he WAS able to actually talk to someone from Google on the phone.

I legitimately thought that was impossible, so, uh, baby steps?

Yes. Parent comment lacks context for why induced labor and c-sections are supposedly bad.

Being a (very) young script kiddie I was so confused it had nothing to do with the TLD. None of the sites were even hosted on a .net domain! "Wtf?"

Corporate dollars are zero sum, is why. It is in fact a real competition in that space.

I feel seen...

Thought experiment: a language that enforces dependencies to be 2 levels deep or less.

I wonder if dependencies would flatten out with this limitation in mind.

I just rewatched that scene last night on YouTube. Maybe this is the universe telling me to watch the whole movie again...

It's cool to see Noah Wyle getting his due these days (The Pitt).

Microsoft: "We're EMBRACING open source!"

Everyone who remembered Microsoft in the 90s: "Uhhhhh... :concerned_face:"

I really like the end-user experience when I stumble on Gitea repos online, too.