In a personal post on Medium, Laird said he hoped the ouster would help educate others about systemic sexism in hackerdom, exacerbated by a tendency toward rule-breaking, distrust of legal authorities in reporting transgressions, and some excessive scenesterism: “There's been a lot of looking the other way in the hacker community when powerful people overstep the bounds, and that has to stop."

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As the music came fresher on their ears, they danced to its cadence, extemporizing new steps and attitudes.

My parents were killed, but I got off with only a broken arm and a broken leg.