> It is always very humbling to read such notes - the self-written post passing away letters. There have been others in hacker news, and they always make me thi

> It is always very humbling to read such notes - the self-written post passing away letters. There have been others in hacker news, and they always make me think about life, about what matters to me the most and of course, what matters to others. Am I nuts or are they appearing more often recently on the front page of HN? Not sure what to make of that. Are the increasingly common thing to do for the terminally ill? Are people more attracted up voting them?