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Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by elite_haxor »

edoceo wrote: post #23
allturtles wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The tweet says "Please keep speculation to yourself and be respectful of his family and friends." To me that reads as suicide.

you didn't even follow the ask of the tweet you quoted. TF?

“Follow the ask”...?

Do you really talk like that?

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by atdrummond »

idlewords wrote: post #53
atdrummond wrote: post #16

Could we respect the wish of those close to the deceased to keep speculation as to the cause of death private?

It's human nature and not reprehensible to wonder what happened when someone you care about dies.

I don’t think anyone questioning is reprehensible. I simply don’t think it’s too much to ask to keep that discussion to less public channels in the aftermath of his death, as it’s a fairly reasonable and low burden request.

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by sneak »

Dan always went out of his way to do nice things based on his resources and connections to benefit me, when he totally didn't need to. A lot of the great things and people in my life came from him.

The world is worse off without him.

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by sneak »

dijit wrote: post #35
blondie9x wrote: post #21

Does anyone know what happened?

The tweet specifically asks us not to speculate and the parent article makes mention that the conditions of his death have not been made public. I’m not sure how others feel, personally I am conflicted: respect the death of an icon and not pry (even if others are speaking on his behalf) or satisfy my curiosity. I’m going to go with the former, for now.

Asking for facts is not speculating, it might be the opposite.

I'd like to know what happened to my friend, who was himself always in pursuit of the truth.

Re: Dan Kaminsky has died

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Post by atdrummond »

fefe23 wrote: post #46
quelsolaar wrote: post #34

I had dinner with Dan once, he ”social engineered” me and claimed he forgot to bring money. I knew what he was doing, but also knew that if picking up the tab was the price i had to pay for getting to hang out with him, I got the better end of the Deal. Rest In Peace

You may have misread the situation. I have known him for decades, and I have never seen him take advantage of another person. Not ever. Not even once. If he said he forgot to bring money, then he probably did. Let us raise a cup to his name. A kind soul and an inspiration to us all.

For what it’s worth, he had left his wallet elsewhere at a large dinner where a friend ended up paying for the group anyway.

They didn’t expect him to pay and yet he paid them back fairly promptly and actually gave a few cents more than he technically owed - which he claimed was interest at the prevailing rate.

I certainly don’t see him “hacking” his way to a free dinner on a(n) (un)suspecting victim.

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