More awesome links

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An interview with Moto Hagio (whose works in English are sadly out of print... *cradles her copy of A, A'*)

Translation of a 2007 interview with Keiko Takemiya (one of the 49ers who revolutionized shoujo manga; creator of Terra E)

If you were hacking since age 8, it means you were privileged. (See also: if you've been using a computer at all since age 8 and you're over about age 30)

Often, computer geeks who started programming at a young age brag about it, as it is a source of geeky prestige. However, most computer geeks are oblivious to the fact that your parents being able to afford a computer back in the 1980s is a product of class privilege, not your innate geekiness.

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[feuervogel]

I'm not even in CS, and I get really uncomfortable around friends reminiscing fondly of writing programs on their Apple ][e or Commodore 64, or being on BBSes in the early 90s...