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A big memo from 40 years ago, why I like the story, and 7 other things worth your time.

“I got to a point where I said to myself, ‘Let it be in the past, just for your own mental health.’”

—Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, who reportedly has a digital wallet containing Bitcoin worth $220 million—if only he could remember the password. (NYT, $)