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The Pirate Bay Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary

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From one thing came another, and PiratbyrÄn decided to start their own tracker. After a few months, the site moved to Sweden where it was hosted on a Pentium III 1GHz laptop with 256MB RAM. Behind the scenes, the US Government applied pressure on Sweden , urging the country do something about the taunting pirate site.

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Finding a New Software Developer Job

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I typically stayed on for three months (the standard notice period in Sweden), finishing up what I was working on, before starting at the new company. For the first time ever, I was laid off, and had to find a new software developer job. I managed to find a new one, but it took longer than I thought, and it was a lot of work.

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