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> That money for the arXiv was a decade late. arXiv barely survived the 2000s. I find this kind of comment quite distasteful on someones death. Was he actively
by infecto 3y ago
> That money for the arXiv was a decade late. arXiv barely survived the 2000s.
I find this kind of comment quite distasteful on someones death. Was he actively trying to destroy arXiv?
- PaulHoule 3y agoI'm not blaming Simons, I am blaming the people I worked for when I worked at arXiv who, again, took a decade to start looking for sustainable funding.
- infecto 3y agoWhile this thread is by no means as formal of an event. Picture yourself at someones memorial service, before/during/after the service you bring up a topic that is orthogonal to the person's life and frames it about yourself instead of the person being memorialized. Its just a bit weird.
- adammarples 3y agoNow picture yourself a million miles from that, on a semi anonymous third-tier comment thread on a bulletin board
- ignoramous 3y agoLARPing is likely Internet's favourite pass-time.
- prepend 3y agoLife in general, really. Check out Finite and Infinite Games by Carse.
- yau8edq12i 3y agoMemorial service? What are you on about? In all likelihood, nobody here had met the guy, and HN would hardly even be on his radar. Picture yourself at a coffee place discussing some celebrity's life event and maybe it won't be so weird anymore.
- davrosthedalek 3y agoI think you are underestimating the reach of HN. While I personally didn't know Jim, I know several people who did. And I know many people, me included, who benefited from his generosity and support of science.
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- jandrewrogers 3y agoAs an anecdote of one, I knew him.
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