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Pieter Hintjens (zeromq) diagnosed with incurable cancer

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Re: Pieter Hintjens (zeromq) diagnosed with incurable cancer

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jag_gunawardana wrote: post #70

Lost for words on your diagnosis. I hope and pray, for you and your family, that you will squeeze as much out of the short time left. I'm not lost for words on your contribution to open source, how we think about systems, and the great legacy of building blocks you've left for the rest of us to carry on building with. Your work and writing was like a sledge hammer to the way I thought about systems. After I was expos…

my first free software is from 1991. i realised the power of community gradually from 2005 when fighting software patents in europe. i refined and tested the techniques in the ffii for projects like digistan. i saw the failure of money and power in amqp. in zeromq it took years to find the right patterns. i documented much in culture and empire. sorry for the lower case, i am on my phone without erdogansk spell check.

Re: Pieter Hintjens (zeromq) diagnosed with incurable cancer

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garethofhayes wrote: post #66
PieterH wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well this is really kind. Yes, I'm pretty broke and have three young children who will be semi orphans. Cue violins. Happy to receive on PayPal at ph@imatix.com. I will give my family the keys to that so they can put it aside for ma wee bairns... Thanks for suggesting this.

Also, it would be good if you could post the address and fact that you are broke with three children prominently on your blog. It's already buried here. I suspect there are droves of people who really want to help but don't know how. #justfkingdoit

gifts are welcome. my kids will appreciate the love from strangers. one does not ask for gifts...

Re: Pieter Hintjens (zeromq) diagnosed with incurable cancer

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Post by PieterH »

restalis wrote: post #64
restalis wrote: post #50

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I started to read your blog and ...discover you, in a way! All I've known before was ZeroMQ. I wish to have found your blog-posts earlier, maybe posted here on HN.

(I can not edit any longer my parent comment, so I reply) I also started reading "The Psychopath Code". It got over my expectations, so far. It may be one of the books I'll recomend to my children when the time comes. Till then, I guess it'll just make me a beter psychopath. I haven't considered to be one myself, but (unfortunatelly for others) I partially fit the psychopath profile described by you. Interestingly, I…

i like your comment because it fits my hypothesis :) yes, good. i went into the use and abuse of every different emotion... quite surprised this had never been done before.

you can relax, you're not a psychopath even if you have, as we all do, some of the talents.

Re: Pieter Hintjens (zeromq) diagnosed with incurable cancer

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Post by jag_gunawardana »

PieterH wrote: post #52
olantonan wrote: post #51

Pieter, I am so sorry to hear about this. Not sure if you need it, but I (and maybe others) would like to offer some money to help your family. It's not unheard of for people at your age to have debt, etc. Anyway to set this up? I cannot begin to say how much I love your work. Thank you!

Well this is really kind. Yes, I'm pretty broke and have three young children who will be semi orphans. Cue violins. Happy to receive on PayPal at ph@imatix.com. I will give my family the keys to that so they can put it aside for ma wee bairns... Thanks for suggesting this.

I'll prompt people at companies where I've used ZMQ in the stack.

Re: Pieter Hintjens (zeromq) diagnosed with incurable cancer

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Post by mehdix »

I got to know zmq while doing my master thesis, I got interested in the way zmq makes complicated stuff simple. I followed the track and read a couple of your books and articles, learned about C4.1 and whole the community. I liked the way you welcome new comers and your quick replies. One feels close without even knowing you much.

The net is a better place with people like you.

Re: Pieter Hintjens (zeromq) diagnosed with incurable cancer

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Post by PieterH »

mehdix wrote: post #75

I got to know zmq while doing my master thesis, I got interested in the way zmq makes complicated stuff simple. I followed the track and read a couple of your books and articles, learned about C4.1 and whole the community. I liked the way you welcome new comers and your quick replies. One feels close without even knowing you much. The net is a better place with people like you.

Thanks for taking that journey. I've never had such joy in coding as since we started using C4.1 in our projects.

Re: Pieter Hintjens (zeromq) diagnosed with incurable cancer

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Post by muriithi »

PieterH wrote: post #11
mangamadaiyan wrote: post #8

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I didn't know there were Fire Ants in Belgium :)

This was in Karen, Nairobi almost half a century ago.

Good to hear that you have visited my home country before.

All the best.

Re: Pieter Hintjens (zeromq) diagnosed with incurable cancer

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Post by appleflaxen »

nemewsys wrote: post #79
PieterH wrote: post #2

Just found out today, after a week of tests and six weeks of feeling gradually worse. I'll try to answer your questions. I'm on my phone.

I am sorry for the news...

Take a look at his Protocol for Dying

http://hintjens.com/blog:115

Specifically, the fourth bullet point under "Talking to a Dying Person" is

> "There's this experimental cure people are talking about," Which gets the ban hammer from me, and happily I only got a few of those. Even if there was a miracle cure, the cost and stress (to others) of seeking it is such a selfish and disproportionate act. With, as we know, lottery-style chances of success. We live, we die.

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