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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

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    WTFisthisOMGreally
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    Even though I was only vaguely aware of Aaron when he was alive, I still feel devastated by what happened to him. Every time someone benefits (or did) from Reddit, RSS, Creative Commons, and more,...

    Even though I was only vaguely aware of Aaron when he was alive, I still feel devastated by what happened to him. Every time someone benefits (or did) from Reddit, RSS, Creative Commons, and more, we’re enjoying his legacy.

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    1. mailerdaemon
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      It absolutely sickens me to see what Reddit has turned in to.

      It absolutely sickens me to see what Reddit has turned in to.

      7 votes
    2. asd
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      I was just reading about RECAP which is an ingenious browser extension and archive for PACER (US court documents) that I hadn't come across before, and surprise surprise it kicked off with Aaron...

      I was just reading about RECAP which is an ingenious browser extension and archive for PACER (US court documents) that I hadn't come across before, and surprise surprise it kicked off with Aaron scraping 2.7 million PDFs. What a guy!

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    His website aaronsw.com is still up and has a number of great articles/essays. If you’re interested in him, it’s worth a browse. If you need a couple of suggestions...

    His website aaronsw.com is still up and has a number of great articles/essays. If you’re interested in him, it’s worth a browse. If you need a couple of suggestions

    http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/handwritingwall

    http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/productivity

    Aren’t bad places to start

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