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posted by martyb on Sunday January 19 2020, @05:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the dreaming-of-a-paperless-office dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/technology/gary-starkweather-dead.html

At the Palo Alto Research Center, or PARC, Mr. [Gary] Starkweather built the first working laser printer in 1971 in less than nine months. By the 1990s, it was a staple of offices around the world. By the new millennium, it was nearly ubiquitous in homes as well.

"We still use the same fundamental engine to print billions of pages a day," said Doug Fairbairn, a staff director at the Computer History Museum who worked alongside Mr. Starkweather at PARC. "It was all Gary's idea."


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    by Bot (3902) on Monday January 20 2020, @12:47PM (#945770) Journal

    Why not? racism was all but forgotten in most places by the 80s. It was resurrected as a way to not discuss mass migrations around the y2k. Racially motivated attacks are a reality, those against whites are censored, those against minorities are amplified. Two headline-worthy attacks in italy were fabricated last year, out of, say, 4.

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