TONIGHT (or if you're up late reading, Tomorrow ...) Wednesday, June 30, 2021 6pm EDT (UTC-04, thus UTC 2200) JOINT MEETING > > Boston.PM is invited to again join Charlotte PM's virtual meeting > Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda talks Slashdot, Perl, moderation, and more! > > Hosted by Jason C. & Charlotte Perl Mongers > > *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. > > *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. > > 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!) > > 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! > > *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/> > > as seen on Twitter > <https://twitter.com/cromedome/status/1402424868835106822> >
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