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Mihai Pătrașcu, 1982–2012
- dang 11y agoA thread from 2012: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4140524 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4140524.
- scscsc 11y agoMihai absolutely revolutionised his field (lower bounds for data structures). Science lost a great mind with his death. But his friends lost more. The article is more about Mihai - the person, for those who want to find out who he really was. http://mipmemorial.blogspot.ro/p/cheers-to-mihai.html http://mipmemorial.blogspot.ro/p/cheers-to-mihai.html
- BostX 11y ago> .. One of his colleagues posted that he remembered Mihai Pătrașcu as arrogant, never in line with everyone else. The author would admit, though, that it was a sign of a superior mind and Mihai had actually been admired and envied throughout his life. ??? I thought being consistently arrogant is a sign of low EQ.