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Two men exonerated after 30 years in prison by retrocomputing enthusiasts and the Bloop Museum, by extracting data from a damaged floppy disc. (www.patreon.com)
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[–] prokyonid@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He wasn't imprisoned for 30+ years. He got 7 years and was out after 5. He was, in his own words, 'locked up in [his mind]' for 30+ years.

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh now that I re read the article I noticed it.

I misread it

[–] PopcornTin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Shh, we have a thing going here right now.

Damn the system!