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Om Malik, whose techy blog I’ve followed forever and whose articles have appeared here repeatedly, died Thursday. He was born one year before me, and I’m just 58. He died way too soon. Here is his site if you want to learn from him. Here is a lovely remembrance of the man by someone he counted as a friend. I am saddened by this loss. My writing elsewhere ▷ When you’re not paid as well as most software developers, you might not have a lot of sympathy for the grief they’re feeling over how their jobs have changed lately, not for the better. But if you’re curious, this week I explained what happened. Read Why software engineers are grieving Best of the blogs ▷ What happened to Pete Buttigieg shouldn’t happen to anyone, regardless of how public a figure they are. Read A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family ▷ When you travel on business, especially to places that seem exotic, you expose yourself to some surprising cybersecurity risks, some of which have legal ramifications on you. Terence…