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Ben “bushing” Byer has passed away
- th0ma5 11y agoSo young, does anyone know why? Maybe that's a morbid question, and I am sorry for everyone's loss.
- foldor 11y agoIt says natural causes, so I feel that's enough to remove fears of anything self inflicted. On another note, I'm saddened to hear about this. I was actually just thinking about him specifically and wondering what he was up to since I hadn't heard anything about his involvement in Fail0verflow lately.
- angilly 11y agoI didn't think someone so young could die of "natural causes", but apparently even dying from the flu or sudden heart failure qualifies as a natural cause: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_natural_causes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_natural_causes Ooof. Terrifying.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoDVT is also considered a natural cause, and if you sit all day, you're at a higher propensity to die from it: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/deepveinthrombosis.html https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/deepveinthrombosis.html
- PythonForGirls 11y agoAnd if you're obese, like he was.
- melling 11y agoDevelopers really need to look after their health. Our sedentary lives are impacting our health: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11040932 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11040932 Hopefully, we'll soon figure out ways to monitor and measure our health. Then dying from natural causes will never happen.
- protomyth 11y agoAll "natural" means in this context is that the person died independent of the actions of self or others, its the "not manmade" definition. Had a friend go with an aneurysm at a little younger age. Its horrifying to have those nothing you could do scenarios. Hit me much worse than the overdoses, suicides, or car accidents, and I'm not really sure why.
- daeken 11y agoWow, this hits me like a punch to the stomach. I worked with bushing on a number of projects over the years, and I've rarely met a nicer, smarter hacker. He'll be missed greatly.
- jhurliman 11y agoBen was the first person I met in the flesh in the Bay Area (we knew each other beforehand via efnet and a mutual open source project). He was the most brilliant reverse engineer / security researcher I've ever met, on a completely different level. He was also the connecting fabric between a diaspora of friends spread across the Bay Area and the web. Ben, you will be missed.
- fuck__dang 11y agoBlack bar?
- afreak 11y agoI met him when he was visiting Vancouver a few years ago and had exchanged e-mails with him a few times. It's really sad to see him pass away.
- jtl999 11y agoVery sad. Wish I could have met him IRL then.
- Relys 11y agoNever knew the guy personally, but he was certainly one of my inspirations. RIP. :(
- fzzzy 11y agoWow. I only met him a few times, but I always hoped we would work together someday. He blew my mind talking about reversing.
- agumonkey 11y agoThese were the guys who found a crack in the PS3 encryption tower right ?
- firloop 11y agoWow. I've been following bushing's work for a while and this is very saddening to hear. If you haven't seen bushing & marcan's "Wii Fail" presentation, I recommend it. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z81BCko-UY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z81BCko-UY
- aidenn0 11y agoWow! After seeing the video and that his real name is Ben Byer, I think I went to high school with him. He looks somewhat different, but the voice sounds right.
- SunShiranui 11y agoI didn't know him before reading this, but I have followed and enjoyed fail0verflow's work. It is a very sad loss. Edit: I actually realized who he is now, as I only knew of him by the name "bushing". A shame to see a great hacker go.
- Hydraulix989 11y agoSorry to hear that. Bushing was awesome. Many of my IRC friends in the Nintendo DS hacking scene knew him well.
- conundrum1947 11y agoRIP Ben, you will be missed by one and all.