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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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Netux@lemmy.sdf.org
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Absolutely great work. Never would have even considered a steno.

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pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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Great article, but I wish you didn’t have to link to a Mastodon post that links to a Patreon post that links to the article.

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misk@sopuli.xyzOP
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Lemmy post links directly to Patreon hosted blog post that has most relevant story details. I linked the toot in Lemmy post body to credit the source from which I learned of this.

This is how it looks in Voyager:

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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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What a cool tech story. What a heartbreaking human story.

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floofloof@lemmy.ca
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From the article here’s the link to a news story about the wrongful conviction:

https://www.wmdt.com/2023/08/exoneration-granted-nearly-30-years-after-wrongful-conviction-in-wicomico-county/

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