Post 9pC3reQ2If8WvAob68 by kick@blob.cat
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 (DIR) Post #9pC0nxxNPwcqUmxejI by kaniini@socially.whimsic.al
       2019-11-21T16:55:13.003787Z
       
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       "learn interesting Indian lore with these educational kits!"Tusky_1574355265952_0X8C3G5FG3.…
       
 (DIR) Post #9pC1JyhkAkZa57uhRw by ewok@cybre.space
       2019-11-21T17:00:11Z
       
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       @kaniini this feels like it could be a church of the subgenius relic cc @onan
       
 (DIR) Post #9pC1TwzVOjz9fAybw0 by onan@dobbs.town
       2019-11-21T17:02:46Z
       
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       @ewok @kaniini absolutely! The Church of the SubGenius honors all Short Duration Personal Saviors (ShorDurPerSavs) as elevated time relic status by any member.  Grant your momentary whim the powers of eternal power artifacts! SubGenius.com
       
 (DIR) Post #9pC2x1lEqIvCoCjSCG by bitwise@dobbs.town
       2019-11-21T17:19:10Z
       
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       @onan @ewok @kaniini You have a little piece of one of the strangest taproots of the personal computer industry. The Tandy Leather Co. is the same Tandy which made the TRS-80. We perceive here the subtle hand of "Bob", whose infallible sense for what will sell manifests in truly unpredictable ways!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Corporation
       
 (DIR) Post #9pC328CoJCjqFE3w2q by kaniini@socially.whimsic.al
       2019-11-21T17:20:09.904384Z
       
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       @bitwise @onan @ewok is it really?
       
 (DIR) Post #9pC3N4E6IZ1Fz6eIGO by kick@blob.cat
       2019-11-21T17:23:58.216970Z
       
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       @kaniini @bitwise @ewok @onan It actually...does seem like it.https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1987-10-rescan/1987_10_BYTE_12-11_Heuristic_Algorithms#page/n103/mode/2up
       
 (DIR) Post #9pC3boA8J2vcVTp1yS by kick@blob.cat
       2019-11-21T17:26:38.145474Z
       
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       @kaniini @bitwise @ewok @onan Ah, wait, the TLC was a spinoff of the Tandy Corporation, I guess. And it happened about a year before they released their first computer model.
       
 (DIR) Post #9pC3reQ2If8WvAob68 by kick@blob.cat
       2019-11-21T17:29:29.944122Z
       
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       @bitwise @ewok @kaniini @onan Actually the corporation history here is insanely convoluted, reading into it. Jesus.
       
 (DIR) Post #9pDPbI229waZ0N9T6m by bitwise@dobbs.town
       2019-11-21T17:43:06Z
       
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       @kick @ewok @onan @kaniini Oh, hell, that's nothing compared to other contemporaries. The trend of the 1960s and early 1970s was giant conglomerates, where mature companies with big cash reserves but little opportunity for growth would buy up companies in other industries. This led to oddities like Gulf & Western, primarily an auto parts manufacturer, buying Paramount Pictures, the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company, and Stax Records (briefly).http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/gulf-western-inc-history/https://www.marketplace.org/2016/06/14/profits-gulf-and-western/
       
 (DIR) Post #9pDPcVLS99gaaJoXI0 by kick@blob.cat
       2019-11-22T09:07:59.275186Z
       
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       @bitwise @ewok @onan @kaniini Fully aware! Makes it annoying to research, though.