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Thanks for the link. Bizarrely, the post on Marginal Revolution links to a post from 5 days ago, and it's easy to confirm that Jake was still alive when that p

Thanks for the link. Bizarrely, the post on Marginal Revolution links to a post from 5 days ago, and it's easy to confirm that Jake was still alive when that post was published. (And, apparently, for almost a week afterwards.) The gofundme appears to be the only source that states he's died, and the MR report doesn't even mention it. (Other than to include a link to it in a quote from someone else.)

NhanH 2y ago
Jake's writing was on hacker news 4 days ago and he was still replying to the comment at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41157974 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41157974 Rest in Peace, Jake.
sgseliger 2y ago
This is his brother. He passed away around 8:30pm on Wednesday. He was still reading, writing, hearing from loved ones up until the end.
- voisin 2y ago
  Hope you and Bess are doing as well as can be hoped for under the circumstances.
- stephenjt 2y ago
  So sorry for your loss, and grateful for Jake’s writings about his journey - tough but invaluable reading.