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Eric Tapen @erictapen

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Now that I reread this I'm wondering what the last panel is referring to. I used to think it's about dedication to useless ideas, because advocating free software didn't work.
Now I got, that the gesture of playing the tiny violin also stands for money. Can anybody explain the joke to me?