Grant Imahara Has Died • Hacker News Board

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by dorkwood » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 7:37 AM UTC

pininja wrote: post #55

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

"Imahara plans to take the Baby Yoda to children's hospitals to cheer up young patients".

Heartbreaking.

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by peapicker » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 7:39 AM UTC

I’m 49. Already hit one funeral this week. 49 isn’t supposed to feel this old. :(

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by mkl » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 7:41 AM UTC

alkibiades wrote: post #16

was just watching mythbusters a few hours ago for the first time in years.. RIP Grant Not sure about the timing but I wonder if Hulu was recommending the show because of his death or it was just random

It's possible Hulu's recommendations have a "what's suddenly popular" component, so it could be recommended in response to a number of people choosing to watch it in response to the news. Or it could be a total coincidence; it's a great show, it should be recommended!

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 7:43 AM UTC

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #83

ShakataGaNai wrote: post #31

Normally I ignore the "rich and famous" obits, however Grant's passing is really quite upsetting. MythBusters meant a great deal to me during my college years, right as I was trying to figure out where I wanted to go in life. The build team was always the best. With the loss of Jessie in 2019, it's been a hard year for Mythbusters.

See with the Mythbusters (sidekicks), I can't really see them as rich; I mean I'm sure they made some decent money off of it, but I doubt it set them up for life and I wouldn't be surprised if they got screwed over in that show in favor of Jamie / Adam. I never heard why they were let go / quit the show, although I've always suspected it was because the show just wasn't as popular anymore.

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Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by Hamuko » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 7:44 AM UTC

KorfmannArno wrote: post #90

kristofferR wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, it's censored in Europe. Edit: Weird, now it doesn't show the GDPR censorship page anymore.

"GDPR censorship page" as in the cookie consent?

Usually that refers to HTTP 451 (Unavailable For Legal Reasons) error pages.

https://twitter.com/Warin/status/1049566944989536256

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by jmlundberg » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 7:53 AM UTC

You have got to love him as Sulu

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Continues

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2732442/mediaviewer/rm1680690432

Edit. The episodes are free, at https://www.startrekcontinues.com

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by pozy » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 8:00 AM UTC

Great man and an inspiration through Mythbusters. RIP Grant.

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by dageshi » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 8:12 AM UTC

This is very sad, Mythbusters is just about my favourite tv series of all time.

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by encom » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 8:12 AM UTC

encom wrote: post #45

encom wrote: post #39

"Sorry, this content is not available in your region."

https://archive.ph/qp51G

Replying to myself again. OP now points to a different source which actually works.

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by ainiriand » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 8:15 AM UTC

woutr_be wrote: post #14

Brain aneurysm is truly something terrible, I lost a friend to it a couple of years ago. (She was 22 at the time and in good health). She just woke up one day in the middle of the night with a headache and had to vomit. On the way to the hospital she fell into a coma and never woke up. Really scary.

It is something terrible, and really scary. My best friend at the time suffered one at 23 years old. He eventually recovered but he suffered a huge loss of concentration capabilities and had to drop from college eventually. He also fought with speech impairment for many years but with a lot of training he was able to recover 99% of it.