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Watch how fast this falls out of the news cycle because it doesn’t align with America’s view of San Francisco. So far I’ve heard it was: a homeless person, a ju
by yardie 4y ago
Watch how fast this falls out of the news cycle because it doesn’t align with America’s view of San Francisco. So far I’ve heard it was: a homeless person, a junkie, mentally ill, violent criminal common to San Francisco.
Part of me felt this was personal. A stabbing you have to get fairly close. Bob Lee could know his killer. And I don’t know him well enough to know who he hung out with.
- IndoorPatio 4y agoStatistically, it was always more likely someone he knew.
- yardie 4y agoIf you saw last weeks comments you would think it was a homeless, drug crazed, criminal. One of the tops comments stated, with authority, it was someone homeless. And how the cops were not going to do anything about it.
- spacemadness 4y agoHN really has a solid case of amnesia today regarding this.
- bombcar 4y agoThere were 40k suicides in the USA in 2020, and about 20k murders. So statistically, if you die by violence, you killed yourself.
- lesuorac 4y agoIdk about these numbers. ~38k people died in USA [1] from car crashes. Thats pretty violent but doesn't necessarily count as murder or suicide. [1]: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/Publication/813266#:~:text=The%20traffic%20fatality%20count%20in,from%20the%201.11%20in%202019 https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/Publication/8132....
- bombcar 4y agoI thought about specifying some form of "human induced killing" but couldn't figure out how to word-lawyer it to be the group consisting of "murder + suicide".
- dkn775 4y agoViolent deaths are murder suicide and overdose per CDC programs in place at medical examiners
- ryanwaggoner 4y agoCar crashes aren't typically included in "violent deaths", because the definition of "violence" typically includes intent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence
- sharemywin 4y agojust to be fair "mentally ill" and "in tech" don't have to be mutually exclusive.
- BurningFrog 4y agoI have no evidence beyond gut feel, but I think the tech population is probably above average in mental illness.
- Noughmad 4y agoAbove average in diagnosed and treated mental illness. You know, the kind that is way less violent than the other kind.
- DoughnutHole 4y agoIf you're a techie then you're not mentally ill, you're eccentric.
- jstarfish 4y agoI've seen the same euphemism used to pave over outright criminality. Remember: If it smells like fraud, it's just eccentricity!
- phone8675309 4y agoWaiting for the day when someone says "it's not fraud, it's just extreme hustle!"
- jstarfish 4y agoSomeone on Metafilter(?) once suggested a high overlap between IT personnel and libertarians. It has been interesting to consider but after decades of observation I don't think it's a political thing-- I think tech attracts a disproportionate number of textbook Narcissists. Those fuckers crave power. We have absolute control over entire ecosystems. At first it's freedom for all, but then we turn into dictators regarding our governance of it. In the end it becomes Domain Admin rights for me, principle of least privilege for thee.
- zapdrive 4y agoUnless a pic comes out of Momeni (the alleged stabber) dressed in drag, then this news will drag out for a long time, pun intended.
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- dang 4y agoPlease don't take HN threads into ideological flamewar hell. It's the opposite of what this site is supposed to be for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html