This is really sad news and I will donate to his Trust fund but I can't help but feel strange knowing that I am donating to a fellow programmer. I see posts like these on Facebook and other collaboration sites and I rarely even bother reading the articles.
I wish we could take care of all the sick and elderly equally but such is life. Instead of blaming it on the government, the system, society or anyone else, I suggest we donate to the cause to help this man live as well as he can, while he still can.
Nobody deserves to be robbed of their life like this.
See you are already blind with rage. Somebody died, and you want to leash out and find somebody to blame.
I feel sad about his death, too. I have nothing against black bars or mourning. Just against telling other people how to feel, which incidentally you do again with your post. You are sad, so you are entitled to hate me. You are welcome.
Man, the comments here are harsh! Let's atleast show some sympathy for support of his parents and his family. I'm sure the word devastation won't even describe the pain and fear that they may be going through. My hearts and prayers goes out to his family, really wish him a quick and safe return.
I think I remember that thread, and I remember thinking of typing "criminal defenses, guilty or innocent, are extremely expensive, and this is by no means a good thing" but I guess I didn't pull the trigger and say it.
In retrospect, I wish I'd made it, and I also wish I'd said "even though I consider Aaron in the wrong, I'm still donating $5 so he knows that other people know he's alive, and I encourage those who are on his side to donate as well." Lots of donations, even if small in amount, would have at least helped him not feel alone. Depression sucks.
One of the biggest influencers of this industry has passed away, someone who's been a source of great inspiration for many, many of us.
Frankly, the inability of some of you to not understand our more human, primal faculties is surprising. Some of you have come right out of the gate to question whether his words should really be taken seriously with respects to chasing your dreams, or whether the contributions he's made to this world are anything but.
If you can't tolerate this for a few days, or find something else to do, then something is seriously wrong.
His death affected me, and I've never spoken a single word to the man. I find a lot of the things he's said keep popping up in my head when I'm down, feel lost and lacking purpose.
No, you know what, fuck that. That sort of emotion is wrong. You're right. Let me save this sort of reaction when a YC company gets blasted for a perceived act of injustice. I'm sure you'd have no problems with that.
An ounce of sympathy and empathy would do wonders for you.
It doesn’t matter what community he is part of, nor who he is. He’s a hacker, a father of two beautiful girls and a husband. He’s being robbed of his life, and his daughters robbed of their father.
What matters is we can help. All of us — some of us (me) have been lucky enough to get help and support when we needed it most from people we didn’t expect it from.
We can help him; we can help his family. Even if only a little, and even though we know what the future will hold. So let's just do it.
Skip the squabbling over politics; national healthcare, etc. It doesn't matter - what matters is him and his family, right now.
Goddamnit, have some sensitivity, he only just died and many people on here know him personally.
If this is a troll then why don't you go reevaluate your priorities in life? Take some magic mushrooms and think about how your actions alter the world.
I have no sympathy for him as the damage is nearly entirely self inflicted. Had he not entered a litigious rage over people who weren't even profiting off of the image using it, this would have never happened.
Blah blah blah. You all are all cunts who won't do anything but will idolize someone who actually tried. None of you cunts did anything to help him when he was alive.
I up-voted his original comment I would do so again.
Aaron knew what he was doing. There are many charities more deserving than his legal defense fund -- that isn't changed just because he was apparently mentally ill enough to take his own life.
There should be a high burden you have to overcome to successfully find crowd-funding for anything including a legal defense.
Sorry, I spent this morning figuring out the words to share at a friend's memorial. I've been emotional.
He was vaccinated, he wore a mask, he was careful. He did his part and hurt nobody.
I hope whoever gave it to him never finds out what it cost so they could smile at others and breathe the air. I'd trade their life for his in an instant.
Honestly, I doubt that they will reap what they sow. I repeatedly told him to give up on the case specifically for the reason, so he should have known what he was getting into. I'm also not terribly sad at his death, I think it's just my personality. Thank you for your consideration.
You’re clearly experiencing a lot of deep emotions of mourning over the loss of someone you’ve known long before. I apologize for accusing you of not knowing the goons, though I would expect someone so familiar with the site would have known the times that Lowtax mocked a woman who experienced multiple miscarriages, or of other similar instances. You’re responding disproportionately to my comment that he leaves behind his children, which is a tragedy. I make no moral judgments here, nor do I have any relish towards his death. I am simply observing the tragedy.
But yes, it is not in my place to judge what someone might do in the depths of utmost irrational personal pain. It would be engaging in the same callousness that goons are infamous for. Perhaps the most appropriate response to this situation is neither demonize nor lionize this man, but to simply recognize him for what he was- a flawed man who nonetheless changed the world and the very internet itself.
I now understand that you have truly been deeply affected by this loss. I wish you may find peace in this difficult time, as he has. Go with God.
Feel free to express how upset you are, but please don't demand that we somehow express our feelings in a way that you deem sufficient.
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