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Re: Ask HN: Anyone know where Mark Pilgrim went?

#61
He's OK. I don't know how to link a tweet but see textfiles account(https://twitter.com/#!/textfiles)

Mark Pilgrim is alive/annoyed we called the police. Please stand down and give the man privacy and space, and thanks everyone for caring. ... The communication was specifically verified, it was him, and that's that. That was the single hardest decision I've had to make this year.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know where Mark Pilgrim went?

#63

Jason Scott of textfiles.org has called his local police department for a welfare check... https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/121430050930298880

https://twitter.com/#!/textfiles/status/121436177298493440

"Mark Pilgrim is alive/annoyed we called the police. Please stand down and give the man privacy and space, and thanks everyone for caring."

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know where Mark Pilgrim went?

#64
post #61

He's OK. I don't know how to link a tweet but see textfiles account( https://twitter.com/#!/textfiles ) Mark Pilgrim is alive/annoyed we called the police. Please stand down and give the man privacy and space, and thanks everyone for caring. ... The communication was specifically verified, it was him, and that's that. That was the single hardest decision I've had to make this year.

https://twitter.com/#!/textfiles/status/121436177298493440

(clicking on "x minutes ago" does it)

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know where Mark Pilgrim went?

#65
post #64
post #61

He's OK. I don't know how to link a tweet but see textfiles account( https://twitter.com/#!/textfiles ) Mark Pilgrim is alive/annoyed we called the police. Please stand down and give the man privacy and space, and thanks everyone for caring. ... The communication was specifically verified, it was him, and that's that. That was the single hardest decision I've had to make this year.

https://twitter.com/#!/textfiles/status/121436177298493440 (clicking on "x minutes ago" does it)

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Re: Ask HN: Anyone know where Mark Pilgrim went?

#66
Apparently it has been verified he is alive.

http://twitter.com/#!/textfiles/status/121436177298493440

@textfiles (Jason Scott) Mark Pilgrim is alive/annoyed we called the police. Please stand down and give the man privacy and space, and thanks everyone for caring.

@textfiles (Jason Scott) The communication was specifically verified, it was him, and that's that. That was the single hardest decision I've had to make this year.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know where Mark Pilgrim went?

#67

Jason Scott of textfiles.org has called his local police department for a welfare check... https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/121430050930298880

per Jsaon Scott via his twitter:

Mark Pilgrim is alive/annoyed we called the police. Please stand down and give the man privacy and space, and thanks everyone for caring.

So everyone stand down and respect Mark's wishes

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know where Mark Pilgrim went?

#68
post #50
post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you can email pg to delete your account.

PG does not typically delete accounts; he just disables the login. All of the comments and submissions are still there under the original name.

The poor man's HN account delete: change email, change pass to random gibberish, logout.

You're free.

Until the next account.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know where Mark Pilgrim went?

#69
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The domain for that site is owned by a Chinese university, and the IP address of the server it's hosted on looks like a shared server (there's over 200 sites hosted on that IP). I doubt Mark has anything to do with hosting that site.

Out of sheer curiosity - how do you tell how many sites (and which ones) are hosted on a shared server?

Another good method is to get the sites IP address (`nslookup` or `dig` are good tools for this. Hell, `ping` will do it for you too). Then head over to bing.com and search for ip:addr.

For example: http://www.bing.com/search?q=ip:174.132.225.106

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know where Mark Pilgrim went?

#70
post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PG does not typically delete accounts; he just disables the login. All of the comments and submissions are still there under the original name.

The poor man's HN account delete: change email, change pass to random gibberish, logout. You're free. Until the next account.

That's not necessarily the point. The most important use of a delete account functionality is to protect one's own privacy should you not want to be personally connected to statements you made anonymously.
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