Kris Nóva has died • Hacker News Board

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by ocdtrekkie » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 6:43 PM UTC

hobo_mark wrote: post #79

I lost colleagues and an acquaintance to mountaineering accidents and I do not understand what makes people risk their life doing that.

Simply put: They enjoyed doing it. I wouldn't do it. But I would say I definitely see why someone would rather leave this world doing something that brought them joy over something like cancer.

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by a_hoglund » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 6:46 PM UTC

I worked with Kris on a project at GitHub this past year. She was always a pleasure to work with, this is such shocking and sad news. Will be praying for those closest.

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by RA_Fisher » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 7:00 PM UTC

So sorry to read this. I'm thankful for the positive example she set for all of us. Gone but not forgotten.

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by j45 » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 7:02 PM UTC

hobo_mark wrote: post #79

I lost colleagues and an acquaintance to mountaineering accidents and I do not understand what makes people risk their life doing that.

It doesn't have to make sense to others.

If I was to imagine what I didn't know about mountaineering, it might be about working to see views that I couldn't have imagined.

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by dijit » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 7:04 PM UTC

hobo_mark wrote: post #79

I lost colleagues and an acquaintance to mountaineering accidents and I do not understand what makes people risk their life doing that.

To be perfectly fair with you, it's less dangerous than driving.

https://www.summitpost.org/mountaineering-accident-statistic...

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by eddie_31003 » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 7:11 PM UTC

Rest In Paradise friend.

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by jaydestro » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 7:11 PM UTC

Rest in peace. Best wishes to Kris’s friends and loved ones.

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by kelnos » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 7:12 PM UTC

dijit wrote: post #85

hobo_mark wrote: post #79

I lost colleagues and an acquaintance to mountaineering accidents and I do not understand what makes people risk their life doing that.

To be perfectly fair with you, it's less dangerous than driving. https://www.summitpost.org/mountaineering-accident-statistic...

I don't think those statistics mean what you think they mean. And those two activities are not directly comparable in that way.

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by sabin1001 » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 7:15 PM UTC

She helped me get my current job. Thank you Kris for helping me and please rest in peace.

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by ghaff » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 7:17 PM UTC

dijit wrote: post #85

hobo_mark wrote: post #79

I lost colleagues and an acquaintance to mountaineering accidents and I do not understand what makes people risk their life doing that.

To be perfectly fair with you, it's less dangerous than driving. https://www.summitpost.org/mountaineering-accident-statistic...

Raw numbers don't mean much unless you normalize to the number of participants in some way and, really, to the level of the activity. Not a lot of people are killed flying in wing suits but that's not because it's such a safe activity.

To be clear, I think mountaineering is a perfectly rational activity for people to pursue so long as they're going into it with their eyes wide open. I've certainly done activities in that vein that some reasonable percentage of people would probably consider excessively dangerous for various reasons.

I wouldn't personally do many of them but I'd hesitate to criticize people in general for pursuing activities that have greater than typical day-to-day danger associated with them.