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Sorry for your loss, such a horrible story. The small things really do make a difference and this isn't even small but a major nuisance. But... Are you really

Sorry for your loss, such a horrible story. The small things really do make a difference and this isn't even small but a major nuisance. But... Are you really saying he didn't just buy a new laptop for his last holiday!? Just buy the new laptop, even if the plan was it'd immediately go to someone else in inheritance.

stirfish 4y ago
How? He used that computer to buy stuff online
- Extropy_ 4y ago
  The internet is not the only place to buy things. It's also not strictly necessary to buy a computer solely to access the internet. For instance, you could ask your neighbour if you could use theirs for an hour or two or go use one at the local library. Especially if it's just to book a, what seems to be, very important trip while you're dying of cancer. EDIT: Grammar
- psychphysic 4y ago
  He clearly told his son about it. And it's take not much more effort to order a laptop than to comment about it on HN.
kemayo 4y ago
To quote the parent post, "He was too tired to go through the process of getting it sorted out". I don't know if you've ever been really sick (or just been around someone who's really sick or suffering from chronic pain), but being on chemo is a thing that completely shuts you down. I fully believe that going out to the store and buying a new laptop and getting it set up was beyond what the parent-poster's father felt capable of. Similarly, going out to the library and doing it all from a shared computer would be entirely too much. Anything that's not the well-worn familiar path would feel insurmountable.
- psychphysic 4y ago
  I get this. I mean his son. I bought my dad a laptop this summer and he's quite healthy.
  - kemayo 4y ago
    I just assumed some sort of not-living-in-the-same-area situation.
    - dcminter 4y ago
      My father was indeed too tired to do anything much in the immediate aftermath of chemo. I would cheerfully have booked and paid for the holiday myself, but he didn't tell me about it at the time. He wasn't much one for asking for help.

stirfish 4y ago

How? He used that computer to buy stuff online

Extropy_ 4y ago
The internet is not the only place to buy things. It's also not strictly necessary to buy a computer solely to access the internet. For instance, you could ask your neighbour if you could use theirs for an hour or two or go use one at the local library. Especially if it's just to book a, what seems to be, very important trip while you're dying of cancer. EDIT: Grammar
psychphysic 4y ago
He clearly told his son about it. And it's take not much more effort to order a laptop than to comment about it on HN.

kemayo 4y ago

To quote the parent post, "He was too tired to go through the process of getting it sorted out". I don't know if you've ever been really sick (or just been around someone who's really sick or suffering from chronic pain), but being on chemo is a thing that completely shuts you down. I fully believe that going out to the store and buying a new laptop and getting it set up was beyond what the parent-poster's father felt capable of. Similarly, going out to the library and doing it all from a shared computer would be entirely too much. Anything that's not the well-worn familiar path would feel insurmountable.

psychphysic 4y ago
I get this. I mean his son. I bought my dad a laptop this summer and he's quite healthy.
- kemayo 4y ago
  I just assumed some sort of not-living-in-the-same-area situation.
  - dcminter 4y ago
    My father was indeed too tired to do anything much in the immediate aftermath of chemo. I would cheerfully have booked and paid for the holiday myself, but he didn't tell me about it at the time. He wasn't much one for asking for help.