Notable death

At 12.51 p.m. on Tuesday 22 February 2011, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake caused severe damage in Christchurch and Lyttelton, killing 185 people and injuring several thousand.

Jens Nygaard Knudsen, inventor of the Lego minifigure. They'll probably bury his head, torso and legs separately.

Larry Tesler; the inventor of “copy/paste” died this week.

An brilliant and instrumental figure in computing at both Xerox PARC and later at Apple.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Tesler

@divegeester said
Larry Tesler; the inventor of “copy/paste” died this week.

An brilliant and instrumental figure in computing at both Xerox PARC and later at Apple.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Tesler

@handyandy said
Copied/pasted from rookie54:

just read this, and i am sad

Larry Tesler, creator of copy, cut and paste function, dies at 74

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/tech/larry-tesler-obituary-copy-paste-trnd/index.html

in creating just this one post i copied and pasted information from one website to this one three times

@handyandy said
Copied/pasted from rookie54:

just read this, and i am sad

Larry Tesler, creator of copy, cut and paste function, dies at 74

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/tech/larry-tesler-obituary-copy-paste-trnd/index.html

in creating just this one post i copied and pasted information from one website to this one three times

@very-rusty said
You weren't intentionally trying to make it funny were you Andy?

@handyandy said
Funny in what way?

@very-rusty said
Obviously you were!

@handyandy said
Your answer makes no sense. What was funny?

@very-rusty said
It's ok Andy, you just missed it is all!

You know what they say if you have to explain it! 😉

-VR

@handyandy said
When you explain it, they call it idiocy.

Mad' Mike Hughes

Crashed his home made steam powered rocket in an attempt to go into space to prove that the earth is flat.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51602655

@biffo-konker said
Mad' Mike Hughes

Crashed his home made steam powered rocket in an attempt to go into space to prove that the earth is flat.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51602655

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