Re: [Boston.pm] June meeting w/ Charlotte - Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda talks Slashdot, Perl, moderation, and more!

TONIGHT (or if you're up late reading, Tomorrow ...)

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 6pm EDT (UTC-04, thus UTC 2200) JOINT MEETING
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> Boston.PM is invited to again join Charlotte PM's virtual meeting
> Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda talks Slashdot, Perl, moderation, and more!
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> Hosted by Jason C. & Charlotte Perl Mongers
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> *Details* Join us on June 30th for a special event featuring Rob
> "CmdrTaco" Malda, founder of Slashdot, as he talks about the quirkiness of
> Perl that led them to build Slashcode using our favorite language, the
> challenges of scaling Slashdot in the early days, and how they built up a
> system to deal with bad actors. We will leave time for Q&A at the end, but
> feel free to send your questions in advance of the talk.
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> *Rob Malda*, aka *CmdrTaco*, founded *Slashdot* in his dorm room at Hope
> College in the late 1990s, and with that, broke new ground in news
> aggregation and social content moderation. He's also the host of Geeks in
> Space, and a a maker of wooden pens.
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> Thanks to *Knowmad* (https://knowmad.com) for sponsoring our Zoom
> presence for this meeting, and to Boston.pm for cohosting the meeting with
> us. (And thanks to Charlotte PM for arranging this and inviting us!)
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> NOTE: Our speaker has asked that you *leave your cameras on* for this
> event. Also, he has a hard stop at 7:30, so please be prompt. There will be
> time for socializing after the talk. Look forward to seeing you all!
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> *Logistics* - get link here <https://bpm.qualitybox.us/bpm/Calendar>
> just-in-time or via MeetUp(.)com
> <https://www.meetup.com/charlotte-pm/events/278713405/>
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> as seen on Twitter
> <https://twitter.com/cromedome/status/1402424868835106822>
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Bill Ricker
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