Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock • Hacker News Board

Re: Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock

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Post by travjones » Wed, Dec 30, 2015, 8:10 PM UTC

This is incredibly sad--RIP Ian. Some may consider his actions extreme, but if you haven't been harassed, arrested, and deprived of your rights + freedom you won't understand how shitty it feels.

Re: Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock

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Post by noobermin » Wed, Dec 30, 2015, 8:15 PM UTC

jarcane wrote: post #5

sarciszewski wrote: post #4

Very few people know the cause of death right now, but the speculation is pretty convincing to me that it was suicide after allegedly being a victim of police brutality and rape by police officer. Of course, this isn't confirmed. But if it is, oh the anger. Even if it isn't, this is a damned shame.

Here's a pastebin of his last tweets: http://pastebin.com/yk8bgru5

Is this really true? This is almost stranger than fiction. I mean, anyone can post something on pastebin. Can anyone else vouch for the truth of this (Having seen it on twitter).

Re: Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock

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Post by lettergram » Wed, Dec 30, 2015, 8:17 PM UTC

noobermin wrote: post #22

jarcane wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's a pastebin of his last tweets: http://pastebin.com/yk8bgru5

Is this really true? This is almost stranger than fiction. I mean, anyone can post something on pastebin. Can anyone else vouch for the truth of this (Having seen it on twitter).

Here is the reddit discussion from yesterday:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3yktcg/ian_murdock_d...

Re: Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock

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Post by lazyant » Wed, Dec 30, 2015, 8:18 PM UTC

Speculation in reddit thread yesterday https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3ytbmi/in_memoriam_i...

Re: Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock

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Post by merlincorey » Wed, Dec 30, 2015, 8:18 PM UTC

noobermin wrote: post #22

jarcane wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's a pastebin of his last tweets: http://pastebin.com/yk8bgru5

Is this really true? This is almost stranger than fiction. I mean, anyone can post something on pastebin. Can anyone else vouch for the truth of this (Having seen it on twitter).

Yes, it was on twitter yesterday.

* http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:le7oSCj...

* http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:umvcoAj...

Re: Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock

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Post by jansanchez » Wed, Dec 30, 2015, 8:18 PM UTC

noobermin wrote: post #22

jarcane wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's a pastebin of his last tweets: http://pastebin.com/yk8bgru5

Is this really true? This is almost stranger than fiction. I mean, anyone can post something on pastebin. Can anyone else vouch for the truth of this (Having seen it on twitter).

Seems to be true, per google's webcache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:le7oSCj...

Re: Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 30, 2015, 8:19 PM UTC

seibelj wrote: post #9

jarcane wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's a pastebin of his last tweets: http://pastebin.com/yk8bgru5

What was up with all the racist stuff? Totally bizarre

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Re: Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock

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Post by nice_byte » Wed, Dec 30, 2015, 8:21 PM UTC

Jesus, I thought his account was hacked. But apparently it was for real... poor guy

Re: Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 30, 2015, 8:21 PM UTC

noobermin wrote: post #22

jarcane wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's a pastebin of his last tweets: http://pastebin.com/yk8bgru5

Is this really true? This is almost stranger than fiction. I mean, anyone can post something on pastebin. Can anyone else vouch for the truth of this (Having seen it on twitter).

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Re: Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock

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Post by nice_byte » Wed, Dec 30, 2015, 8:22 PM UTC

noobermin wrote: post #22

jarcane wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's a pastebin of his last tweets: http://pastebin.com/yk8bgru5

Is this really true? This is almost stranger than fiction. I mean, anyone can post something on pastebin. Can anyone else vouch for the truth of this (Having seen it on twitter).

It's true, I saw it with my own eyes before the account got deleted.