Paul Allen has died • Hacker News Board

Re: Paul Allen has died

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Post by lnrdgmz » Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 11:01 PM UTC

oliyoung wrote: post #61

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.

Do you mean Museum of Pop? (not Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)

Re: Paul Allen has died

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Post by paul7986 » Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 11:01 PM UTC

rdlecler1 wrote: post #66

I'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.

Maybe he had a partner or someone as in that 60 minute interview they portray him as lonely and longing for the one.

He had to have someone....

Re: Paul Allen has died

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Post by gdubs » Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 11:02 PM UTC

Such sad news. Paul Allen was a friend of a friend, and so we got to go to a couple of his halloween parties up in Beverly Crest in Los Angeles. He was incredibly down to earth and generous. His parties were a blast – the main fixture was always him playing with a live band. He loved rock-and-roll music. We bumped into Dan Aykroyd at one of them, dressed as his character from Blues Brothers.

He wrote an autobiography called "Idea Man", which I'd recommend if you want to know more about the man who was quietly behind the revolution in computing that brought all of us here today.

R.I.P., Paul Allen :(

Re: Paul Allen has died

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Post by oliyoung » Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 11:02 PM UTC

lnrdgmz wrote: post #71

oliyoung wrote: post #61

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.

Do you mean Museum of Pop? (not Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)

That's the one! Thanks!

Re: Paul Allen has died

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Post by Fomite » Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 11:03 PM UTC

rococode wrote: post #44

We just had a giant "get well" card out last week for people to sign for him at UW's CS department (he's donated enough to us that we're named after him, the Paul G. Allen School of CSE). Almost surreal to see that he passed so soon. It's fortunate that he at least had the time to make a great positive impact on the world; his legacy will live on in many ways.

As a fellow member of a Paul G. Allen School (in this case the Global Animal Health one at WSU) I'm a little stunned - but he has indeed made a huge impact on the world.

Re: Paul Allen has died

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Post by irrational » Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 11:03 PM UTC

pcurve wrote: post #16

minimaxir wrote: post #11

2 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

Wow can your condition go south that quickly?

Yes, a neighbor seemed perfectly fine, found out he had cancer and was dead less than a week later. He was in his mid-40s.

Re: Paul Allen has died

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Post by x220 » Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 11:03 PM UTC

Rest in peace

Re: Paul Allen has died

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Post by stephengillie » Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 11:04 PM UTC

redthrowaway wrote: post #42

stephengillie wrote: post #22

Press "f" to pay respect.

Not appropriate.

I'm sorry that you believe my statement to be in jest. Is there a specific word count that must be reached to express the sentiment?

Please be more respectful towards cultures you do not understand.

Re: Paul Allen has died

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Post by GioM » Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 11:05 PM UTC

liftbigweights wrote: post #59

Was never a fan of allen or microsoft as I felt that Microsoft's monopoly has held back computing by a generation, but it's still sad to see cancer finally get this guy after a lifetime of struggle. He left microsoft because of cancer in the 80s. Hopefully he left much of his wealth for cancer research and lots of good can come from that.

In the 90s, yes. But in the early 80s when there were dozens of different computer architectures competing, the rise to dominance of MS-DOS brought about the standardization of computer hardware on a single platform.

That, in turn, led to lower prices as hardware was commoditized, and to accessibility for millions worldwide who could never before buy a computer.

Re: Paul Allen has died

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Post by gist » Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 11:05 PM UTC

bigbang wrote: post #55

Wow, so sad. Like Jobs, he dying young is a loss to humanity.

What? Loss to humanity? Sorry but he was no Steve Jobs or even close. He exited Microsoft in 1982 and essentially spent money that he made off of Microsoft (to do some good things let's say if you forget the patent trolling). Not minimizing what he did that was positive but don't compare it to Steve who actually did 'change the world' (no Jobs fanboy but need to point out what he did was way more than Paul Allen).

Separately that OS that made Microsoft as everyone knows they bought from another company.