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His last activity was 158 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=nickb http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=nickb Wow. My goodness. Is his death confirme

His last activity was 158 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=nickb http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=nickb Wow. My goodness. Is his death confirmed? It wasn't clear from the thread. I'm unsure of who else (from HN) knew him. Can anyone clarify?

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llimllib 17y ago
158 days ago was July 7, 2009. Google news doesn't show a news story about a hang gliding death of anyone named "nicholas" this year, though that's far from conclusive.
- rms 17y ago
  his last name is barnes
  - gmate 17y ago
    No. nickb's last name is Bobic.
    - metra 17y ago
      No. nickb's last name is Paulson.
      - metra 17y ago
        No Fight Club fans I guess.
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    - sriramk 17y ago
      I see a few Nick Bobics around. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2002/view/e_spkr/1162 http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2002/view/e_spkr/1162 and http://www.gamasutra.com/view/authors/148/Nick_Bobic.php http://www.gamasutra.com/view/authors/148/Nick_Bobic.php seem to refer to the same person. The Ottawa reference makes me suspect that this might be NickB. No search hits for accidents and Nick Bobic though.
    - rms 17y ago
      I don't doubt you, but why do you think that Nickb has an email address with Barnes in it? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14482 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14482
  - llimllib 17y ago
    nothing I could find, seems either bogus or unreported to me.
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