I think the README was 12 years old.

Should make it a lot better, but here's a first pass :P

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 # Memcached
 
-## Dependencies
-
-* libevent, http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/ (libevent-dev)
+Memcached is a high performance multithreaded event-based key/value cache
+store intended to be used in a distributed system.
 
-## Environment
+See: https://memcached.org/about
 
-### Linux
+A fun story explaining usage: https://memcached.org/tutorial
 
-If using Linux, you need a kernel with epoll.  Sure, libevent will
-work with normal select, but it sucks.
+If you're having trouble, try the wiki: https://memcached.org/wiki
 
-epoll isn't in Linux 2.4, but there's a backport at:
+If you're trying to troubleshoot odd behavior or timeouts, see:
+https://memcached.org/timeouts
 
-    http://www.xmailserver.org/linux-patches/nio-improve.html
+https://memcached.org/ is a good resource in general. Please use the mailing
+list to ask questions, github issues aren't seen by everyone!
 
-You want the epoll-lt patch (level-triggered).
+## Dependencies
 
-### Mac OS X
+* libevent, http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/ (libevent-dev)
 
-If you're using MacOS, you'll want libevent 1.1 or higher to deal with
-a kqueue bug.
+## Environment
 
-Also, be warned that the -k (mlockall) option to memcached might be
+Be warned that the -k (mlockall) option to memcached might be
 dangerous when using a large cache.  Just make sure the memcached machines
 don't swap.  memcached does non-blocking network I/O, but not disk.  (it
 should never go to disk, or you've lost the whole point of it)
@@ -33,6 +32,4 @@ should never go to disk, or you've lost the whole point of it)
 
 ## Contributing
 
-Want to contribute?  Up-to-date pointers should be at:
-
-* http://contributing.appspot.com/memcached
+See https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/DevelopmentRepos