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Kris Nóva has died

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Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by sp332 »

bhouston wrote: post #14

Damn that sucks. She was running the mastodon instance with competency and openness and low drama. Seems like what all great engineers should embody.

She created the Nivenly Foundation to run it, and removed herself from the admin position a few months ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRxRNe6yeg0&t=1237

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by jcastro »

I was lucky enough to work with Kris Nova. I was gutted when I heard this and I'm still in shock. She was in the middle of doing the hachyderm thing and I was struggling with some other stuff and we ended up just happening to meet at a restaurant. "Fuck what people say and think, do you what you want, that's what I'm going to do."

Here's a segment from one of her recent streams. This is how I will remember her:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1884973353?t=1238s

Nóva was a great friend and an asskicker, she loved being a hacker.

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by aberoham »

bcantrill wrote: post #9

Gutted to hear this. We had the privilege to speak with her late last year on the work she had done on Hachyderm -- and to get her perspective on the Mastodon and the Fediverse more generally.[0] She was a great presence and technologist, and inspiring to many people. It is tragic to have lost someone so young; RIP. [0] https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/mastodon-wi...

Tragic news. I had the privilege to catch Kris at FOSDEM 2020[0][1]. Such a force. RIP Kris.

[0] https://mirror.as35701.net/video.fosdem.org/2020/K.1.105/kub... [1] https://archive.fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/kubernetes/

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Post by johnklos »

I was supposed to climb a mountain with her. There really aren't that many people in this world to whom you can say, "let's do a (slightly out there) thing", to which they say "yes" without hesitation and with 100% certainty.

RIP. I'll be thinking of you on the mountains.

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by SideburnsOfDoom »

abathur wrote: post #11
kraig911 wrote: post #10

What from :(

I don't know , but she did enjoy mountain climbing, and she's seemed to be in good spirits lately ( https://krisnova.net/posts/ego-death/ ) so I'm guessing a climbing accident until we hear more.

Climbing accident has been mentioned: https://hachyderm.io/@quintessence/110922746691596046

> "@nova died unexpectedly late Wednesday in a climbing accident."

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by barathr »

abathur wrote: post #11
kraig911 wrote: post #10

What from :(

I don't know , but she did enjoy mountain climbing, and she's seemed to be in good spirits lately ( https://krisnova.net/posts/ego-death/ ) so I'm guessing a climbing accident until we hear more.

It appears it was a climbing accident: https://hachyderm.io/@quintessence/110922746691596046
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