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While sad and I feel for the family, this is an insane amount of politics on this blog (and post). I say that, not knowing the now deceased blogger and if he w

While sad and I feel for the family, this is an insane amount of politics on this blog (and post). I say that, not knowing the now deceased blogger and if he was in some way connected to this community or to tech?

peteforde 3y ago
Clearly politics was very important to him. Don't be one of those folks who tell comedians to stick to jokes.
- fsckboy 3y ago
  it's fine to be interested in politics and it's fine to sell tickets. It's fine to buy tickets. But if you bought tickets, what's wrong with telling comedians to stick to jokes?
  - potatopatch 3y ago
    You are free to stop buying tickets (to this free blog?) Ex-fans can be confused about social debts that don't exists and presumably stem from past transactions.
amatecha 3y ago
It's an interesting "tech" moment when something like this happens. It's worth pondering the nature of mortality and how the technology we delve into relates to that. Like another commenter said, how will my online acquaintances learn about it if I were to suddenly die unexpectedly? Would it be years? Would a family member manage to make a post or two on various stuff my computers are still signed into? Maybe it's worth planning ahead for, even. Who knows. Definitely an interesting (and sad) thing to see IMO and certainly conjures some thoughts...
- aaron695 3y ago
  It's trivial to pull heart strings by posting this stuff. But we've had over two decades of people dying on blogs and social media and it's exploded now in some sort of weird graph with age and usage increasing online. Being so common at this stage it's a fair question, was this person one of our own? Or what in particular about this situation is interesting?
  - brvsft 3y ago
    [flagged]
  - amatecha 3y ago
    I mean, not everyone is going to find it interesting (and I already explained something in particular that's interesting about it -- the intersection of tech and mortality).
  - pcdoodle 3y ago
    Sorry to hijack but pretty much all your other comments are censored on HN. Why can't we have interesting conversations here?
squigz 3y ago
A blog about politics has too much politics for a user who doesn't read that blog? I hope Zandar's dad fixes this for you
YiraldyGuber 3y ago
[flagged]
- DoreenMichele 3y ago
  A 48 year old who lived with his parents and died in his sleep without his father expressing extreme shock and trauma? I'm guessing his weight was not really the issue.
  - johnnyanmac 3y ago
    Hard to really express shock and trauma over a blog post. "Over the weekend" also means there was at least 3 days between his passing and this post. Not enough time to full grieve for a child but enough that the worst parts of the grieving will pass. It's an odd angle to tackle. How are you supposed to express sorrow in a blog post?
    - DoreenMichele 3y ago
      Out of respect for both the deceased and the aggrieved family, I don't care to try to "prove" anything. I did say "I'm guessing..." I have two special-needs sons in their thirties who still live with me and spend a lot of time online. People are welcome to infer I am projecting.
      - deleted 3y ago
        [deleted]
      - johnnyanmac 3y ago
        Respectfully, I don't like to pry into the why's and how's of the deceased, especially on the internet. If the family didn't feel comfortable giving out that information, I will respect that decision. I'm under a loose pseudonym so I can empathize wanting to keep some sense of privacy on the public web.
sho 3y ago
I think this is a worthwhile post just as a kind of memento mori to the rest of us.
cbsmith 3y ago
https://zandarvts.blogspot.com/search/label/Linux https://zandarvts.blogspot.com/search/label/Linux https://zandarvts.blogspot.com/search/label/Ubuntu https://zandarvts.blogspot.com/search/label/Ubuntu

peteforde 3y ago

Clearly politics was very important to him. Don't be one of those folks who tell comedians to stick to jokes.

fsckboy 3y ago
it's fine to be interested in politics and it's fine to sell tickets. It's fine to buy tickets. But if you bought tickets, what's wrong with telling comedians to stick to jokes?
- potatopatch 3y ago
  You are free to stop buying tickets (to this free blog?) Ex-fans can be confused about social debts that don't exists and presumably stem from past transactions.

amatecha 3y ago

It's an interesting "tech" moment when something like this happens. It's worth pondering the nature of mortality and how the technology we delve into relates to that. Like another commenter said, how will my online acquaintances learn about it if I were to suddenly die unexpectedly? Would it be years? Would a family member manage to make a post or two on various stuff my computers are still signed into? Maybe it's worth planning ahead for, even. Who knows. Definitely an interesting (and sad) thing to see IMO and certainly conjures some thoughts...

aaron695 3y ago
It's trivial to pull heart strings by posting this stuff. But we've had over two decades of people dying on blogs and social media and it's exploded now in some sort of weird graph with age and usage increasing online. Being so common at this stage it's a fair question, was this person one of our own? Or what in particular about this situation is interesting?
- brvsft 3y ago
  [flagged]
- amatecha 3y ago
  I mean, not everyone is going to find it interesting (and I already explained something in particular that's interesting about it -- the intersection of tech and mortality).
- pcdoodle 3y ago
  Sorry to hijack but pretty much all your other comments are censored on HN. Why can't we have interesting conversations here?

squigz 3y ago

A blog about politics has too much politics for a user who doesn't read that blog? I hope Zandar's dad fixes this for you

YiraldyGuber 3y ago

[flagged]

DoreenMichele 3y ago
A 48 year old who lived with his parents and died in his sleep without his father expressing extreme shock and trauma? I'm guessing his weight was not really the issue.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  Hard to really express shock and trauma over a blog post. "Over the weekend" also means there was at least 3 days between his passing and this post. Not enough time to full grieve for a child but enough that the worst parts of the grieving will pass. It's an odd angle to tackle. How are you supposed to express sorrow in a blog post?
  - DoreenMichele 3y ago
    Out of respect for both the deceased and the aggrieved family, I don't care to try to "prove" anything. I did say "I'm guessing..." I have two special-needs sons in their thirties who still live with me and spend a lot of time online. People are welcome to infer I am projecting.
    - deleted 3y ago
      [deleted]
    - johnnyanmac 3y ago
      Respectfully, I don't like to pry into the why's and how's of the deceased, especially on the internet. If the family didn't feel comfortable giving out that information, I will respect that decision. I'm under a loose pseudonym so I can empathize wanting to keep some sense of privacy on the public web.

sho 3y ago

I think this is a worthwhile post just as a kind of memento mori to the rest of us.

cbsmith 3y ago

https://zandarvts.blogspot.com/search/label/Linux https://zandarvts.blogspot.com/search/label/Linux https://zandarvts.blogspot.com/search/label/Ubuntu https://zandarvts.blogspot.com/search/label/Ubuntu