SpaceShipOne, owned the Seahawks and the Blazers, sunk $500m in brain research, $100m into cell research another $100m into AI, started the -Rock & Roll Hall of Fame- Museum of Pop
He made a dent.
Paul Allen has died
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#62I don't know if there's an HN policy re: plugging charities, but speaking of lymphoma, last I heard this one is legit: http://lls.org
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#632 weeks ago: https://twitter.com/PaulGAllen/status/1046864324310982668 > Some personal news: Recently, I learned the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma I battled in 2009 has returned. I’ve begun treatment & my doctors are optimistic that I will see a good result. Appreciate the support I’ve received & count on it as I fight this challenge Just now: https://twitter.com/PaulGAllen/status/1051958128885940226
I wonder if he would have been better off not being treated. The treatment can be pretty nasty.
For nine years of extra life, it sounds like a pretty good trade.
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#642 weeks ago: https://twitter.com/PaulGAllen/status/1046864324310982668 > Some personal news: Recently, I learned the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma I battled in 2009 has returned. I’ve begun treatment & my doctors are optimistic that I will see a good result. Appreciate the support I’ve received & count on it as I fight this challenge Just now: https://twitter.com/PaulGAllen/status/1051958128885940226
> Just now: https://twitter.com/PaulGAllen/status/1051958128885940226
If my death is noteworthy, I really hope I'm not eulogized with a bunch of animated gifs of sad faces.
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#65This is a sad day. Paul Allen certainly had many achievements, but one of his endeavors that I truly admire is the founding and funding of the Allen Institute [0], especially after I had the pleasure of attending Christof Koch's lecture at the American Academy of Neurology annual conference two years ago [1]. Thank you for everything. You are truly an inspiration. RIP. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Instit…
The Allen Institutes are incredible organizations. They do these enormous Big Science projects that no single lab could ever do, generating beautiful datasets that the entire scientific community can use freely. All of their data is publicly available. Paul Allen's contributions to accelerating science are immense and cannot be understated.
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#66I'm sure most of us were envious of his life, but almost no one would trade places with him today. It goes to show that health really is more valuable than money.
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#67I am guessing that most people here have apparently forgotten about the patent troll aspect of Paul Allen:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100827/12001710802.shtml
Now I am sure there are those that will think it's in bad taste to bring this up. However I am not saying this to family or friends at a funeral. I am merely raising it so people can stop lionizing him because he was a co-founder of Microsoft.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-woz-slams-paul-allen-as-...
Allen was with Microsoft for a short period of time and left pretty soon after they struck the deal with IBM for the OS. 1982. Edit: As such he contributed a nominal amount to Microsoft's success (and after all it was Bill Gates connections and hustle that got that deal).
Also interesting that the wikipedia page has no mention of the patent trolling it obviously appears to be cleaned of this info (as of this moment at least):
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#68rip
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#70Sometimes I wonder what the tech industry could achieve if all companies agreed to donate 1% of resources to find a cure for cancer. I know that derived advances in tech (ML/Data Science, etc) have an impact but… is it really enough? We could do sooo much more for contributing to eradicate this disease.
RIP Paul Allen.