Grant Imahara Has Died • Hacker News Board

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by qserasera » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 5:51 AM UTC

This is absolutely devastating.

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by maccam94 » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 5:53 AM UTC

I would not be surprised if he is diagnosed with COVID-19, it can cause blood clots that obstruct blood flow.

"Severe brain haemorrhage and concomitant COVID-19 Infection: A neurovascular complication of COVID-19": https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7199686/

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by sparker72678 » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 5:55 AM UTC

So, so sad. I absolutely loved Grant, in Mythbusters especially.

This is hitting me hard.

Fuck 2020.

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by maccam94 » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 5:55 AM UTC

I would not be surprised if he is diagnosed with COVID-19, it can cause blood clots that obstruct blood flow.

"Severe brain haemorrhage and concomitant COVID-19 Infection: A neurovascular complication of COVID-19": https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7199686/

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by pininja » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 5:55 AM UTC

One of his most recent creations was a Baby Yoda! So sad to hear of his passing, like many others here I was inspired by him and still aspire to be a creative coder and builder like he was.

https://youtu.be/I7P4frD_GiE

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by Alupis » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 5:56 AM UTC

Armed with science, engineering, and curiosity, the Mythbusters crew inspired a generation. Embrace the Scientific Method, and you just might solve any problem that comes your way.

Still to this day, my friends and I consider the Mythbusters as the final word on so many "myths".

Grant's clever use of robotics, sensors and code opened my eyes to a world of possibilities. I still remember the first time I read a temperature sensor on an arduino. Here I was, interacting with the real world, using just a few components and some code... solving no problems but feeling invincible nonetheless.

Thanks Grant for inspiring me, and many more like me. There are so few that inspired so much.

Rest in peace.

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by shadykiller » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 5:56 AM UTC

RIP. He was my favorite person and in my opinion, most talented on the show.

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by dang » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 5:58 AM UTC

popped wrote: post #30

emerged wrote: post #3

Is there effective screening for aneurism potential? It runs the male side of my family and I'm approaching due time.

Vascular diseases like aneurism are reduced significantly on a plant based diet. Hope you get to read this before it gets downvoted to oblivion.

Please don't.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by dang » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 6:11 AM UTC

phantarch wrote: post #42

A hollywood reporter article [1] says that he passed of a brain aneurysm. Tragic way to go and so early. He entertained the heck out of me as a kid. [1] https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/grant-imahara-dead-my...

(This comment was merged from a thread which originally pointed to a different article.)

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by d1str0 » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 6:11 AM UTC

maccam94 wrote: post #54

I would not be surprised if he is diagnosed with COVID-19, it can cause blood clots that obstruct blood flow. "Severe brain haemorrhage and concomitant COVID-19 Infection: A neurovascular complication of COVID-19": https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7199686/

This article is specifically about a single person (60yo woman) who had a aneurysm and was actively fighting pneumonia from COVID19.

Just because a celeb died doesn’t mean it makes any sense to try and tie in COVID19.