Just to add to the picture, you can read here one of Cringely's final columns:

https://www.cringely.com/2026/05/21/im-writing-again/

Count up the number of comments from Jeremy Reimer - the author of this HN linked article - he cares - a lot about this.

The Kickstarter was more than 10 years ago - 2015. It raised $35,452. 10 years and the trolls maintain their nuclear level outrage.

Go read the announcement post:

https://www.cringely.com/2015/09/29/the-cringely-boys-kickst...