Psy Chuan :therian: on Nostr: apropos of absolutely nothing have you all read Going Postal by Terry Pratchett? it's ...
apropos of absolutely nothing have you all read Going Postal by Terry Pratchett? it's a good book. its about how vital communicating infrastructure is designed and built by enthusiast techies and then attracts the attention of companies with money who then deliberately run the thing into the ground and almost completely destroy it until its forcibly wrenched from their hands and put back into being a publicly owned utility
don't know why it comes to mind
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