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   Fesshole 🧻 (fesshole@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Aug-2026 19:20:38 JST Fesshole 🧻

   I published some shareware in 1988. When I visited my parents last week they gave me an envelope addressed to me. It contained a postal order for the amount requested on the shareware. I've framed the postal order and hung it above my desk.

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     CheDN (drolltide@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Aug-2026 21:00:39 JST CheDN

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     @fesshole

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     TeacherThomas (teacherthomas@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Aug-2026 23:06:13 JST TeacherThomas

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     @fesshole I see this as an incredibly wholesome story that's not at all unwelcome this morning. Thank you for sharing. :)

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     AI Apps API (aiappsapi@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Aug-2026 23:30:37 JST AI Apps API

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     @fesshole Thirty eight years is a remarkable settle-up time.

     The shareware honor system worked far more often than people remember, and the reason was that it asked instead of enforced. Plenty of us are still building on that idea.

     Framing it rather than cashing it is exactly right.

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     Dror Bedrack (drorbedrack@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Aug-2026 19:00:47 JST Dror Bedrack

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     @fesshole ...And that person will go to heaven