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James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

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Re: James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

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Post by gonnadoit05 »

foolinaround wrote: post #91
gonnadoit05 wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Suicide is somewhat like cutting yourself. You cut yourself to cause pain that will numb the other pain you have. In this case, the thought of suicide numbs the other pain you have. Then you keep thinking about suicide more and more, and then one day bam, the thought of suicide just feels too good to not let go and you do it.

wow, succinct but profound!

Suicidal thoughts are also like a domino effect or chain reaction.

The first thought is fleeting. But as time goes on, another domino falls, and as things aren’t going quite your way, another domino falls, and as isolation takes over, another domino falls, and as anger and resentment builds, another domino falls, and that’s how those suicidal thoughts increase to the point of actually doing it.

And once the dominos start falling, faster and faster, it’s very hard to stop it.

All of you have had a suicidal thought. But most of you have found a reason to nip it before the dominos truly start to fall.

Re: James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

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Post by gonnadoit05 »

myaso wrote: post #90
gonnadoit05 wrote: post #89

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So do the hungry, the lost, and the forgotten.

But there is value compared to these you list. I respect them but I also think they are foolish to disregard their lives. What was once a person becomes rotting meat. Some people will grieve, others will write eulogies, some will will glorify them to serve some agenda, and others who don't care for such things will treat this for what it is probes and sensors that gave one more piece of hard won information that can…

I think James was all 4, a Hero, Lost, Forgotten, and Hungry.

Re: James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

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Post by wallace_f »

dang wrote: post #100
wallace_f wrote: post #99

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Respectfully, why is it gross? Why is it gross to question suicides in the case of political dissidents? I think it's necessary. Even if wrong, or baseless, it's a task that needs to be done and I would be afraid to live in a state where it is unacceptable to question such.

Because there's no substantive basis for it, it's merely using someone's death for a cheap hit of excitement. There's nothing politically serious about that—it's just adolescent, and frankly a litmus test of low-quality commenters. Because of that and the other slop that has been posted here, I haven't been this ashamed of an HN thread in quite a while. It pains me that HN would be an example of how low the internet…

After MLK's death, conspiracy theorists were disparaged. Turns out, there were, in fact, multiple government conspiracies, going so far as trying to get him killed.

Re: James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

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Post by DanBC »

t3soro wrote: post #83
dang wrote: post #76

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> foul play I'm sure you didn't mean it that way, but this is bottom of the barrel stuff: off topic, disrespectful, and way below the quality line. Please don't bring it in here.

dang, nobody understands what you are talking about.

I understood perfectly what he's talking about, and I agree with him.

Re: James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

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Post by neosavvy »

rcr wrote: post #27
neosavvy wrote: post #23

I had to research a bit as I recall an identical story about JStor and a computer programmer from a few years ago. http://business.time.com/2013/01/14/mit-orders-review-of-aar... Seems incredibly similar to this situation and on both accounts this is terribly sad to see.

Yes, Aaron Swartz is mentioned 6 times in the article above.

Yeah I guess I just couldn't believe what I was reading that two people so closely related to each other could have the same outcome. It's just staggering news and quite hard to comprehend.
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