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"This Is the MIT Surveillance Video That Undid Aaron Swartz" A video didn't undo Aaron Swartz. People undid Aaron Swartz. People with agendas and without comp
by spodek 13y ago
"This Is the MIT Surveillance Video That Undid Aaron Swartz"
A video didn't undo Aaron Swartz.
People undid Aaron Swartz. People with agendas and without compassion using a system of justice stacked in their favor.
- linux_devil 13y agoAaron is still an inspiration for me , don't understand the point of such videos , creates nothing but anguish for this system.
- Amadou 13y ago--off topic I see that all of your HN story submissions are marked [dead] as soon as you submit them. Do you know why that is happening to you? It started happening to me a couple of days ago without any explanation.
- linux_devil 13y agoHey , today it happened as I wrote title and and link but didn't click submit button, by the time it was dead. I clicked "back" in the browser and submitted again , it was dead for 3-4 times and 5th time it got posted. I think when you want to post new story you should not wait too long (>10 minutes) to click submit button or else it will be dead
- Amadou 13y agoI just looked at your submission history again and even the most recent one "Game industry of Finland" on slideshare is marked [dead]. Looking back through your history, the last 129 submissions are all [dead] it changed right between #129 and #130. Your #130 was "Startup - Bill Watterson, a cartoonist's advice" which got 192 karma points, but starting with #129 "Brilliant Resource on Typography (practicaltypography.com)" posted one day later, everything is marked [dead].
- linux_devil 13y agoBut I recently posted a poll 3 days back which got 70 upvotes and it came on first page (top 10). Surprising is that I can't see [dead] alongside my post when i see my submission history
- Amadou 13y agoYeah, that poll is the one anomaly. Go to your profile and set "showdead" to yes, I think that will let you see all [dead] posts and submissions.
- linux_devil 13y agoI found out , problem is our submission rights have been taken , it might be due to reposting and deleting stories, or might be due to posting irrelevant material which is of no relevance to HN community .
- Amadou 13y agoWhere do you find that? Is there some sort of recourse?
- linux_devil 13y agoSend gentle mail to HN , they might give your submission rights back.
- Amadou 13y agoThanks, but I think I will take it as a sign that I should just move on to some other site. The internet is a big place.
- RexRollman 13y agoCouldn't it be argued that Aaron undid himself? He was not entirely blameless (although I do agree with those who have issues with the way the Government reacted).
- easy_rider 13y agoSorry but uhm, didn't he undo himself? Seriously stop saying that someone "undid" him, killed him, or even take the blame for him killing himself. Yes injustice is all around. A lot of people have been convicted for murders they have not done, later released because of new DNA evidence. These people have been in jail for decades, falsely imprisoned, and while released, their name probably never clean, but hey ...still alive.. Guess they had some sort of outlook. Aaron was facing charges for something he knew he did was against the law, but he didn't accept the world where that thing he did was against the law. So he took his own life.
- throwawaykf 13y agoI don't think, given his history of depression, that there's any easy rational explanation for his suicide.
- pyre 13y agoThe legal process isolated him from others because he couldn't discuss the trial with them. Even if he didn't commit suicide because of the prospect of jail time; the situation he was in (limited form of isolation) doesn't help someone with depression.
- danielweber 13y agoI would really like more details, from someone besides Lessig, on how he "couldn't discuss the trial" with people. That is a very very serious issue.
- pyre 13y agoIt's good legal advice not to discuss the trial with someone, as they can be called as witness against you. Even if you don't say anything incriminating to them, it could disrupt their life in a way that you don't want to happen.
- dasil003 13y ago
- mistresskim 13y agoLots of things contributed to this tragedy. The uneducated and alienated public is also to blame. Not that they are consciously evil but they are a huge part of the problem anyway. They are those who should have stepped forth and defended Aaron Swartz and set things straight. I find that it is of little help to look at these big problems in terms of individual intentions. In the end the underlying problems are widespread social circumstances that need to be fixed. The human nature impersonations, the evil people with agendas are just symptoms.
- res0nat0r 13y agoBy people I assume you mean Aaron himself repeatedly breaking the law undid Aaron Swartz.