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Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by tetris11 »

blackkettle wrote: post #149
plaguuuuuu wrote: post #123

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Awful, scary. My son loves climbing things. I enjoy a bit of indoor bouldering, I'd love to get him into it, but I'm terrified of him deciding to do silly shit like free soloing.

I know this terror as a parent now, and recognize just how scary it must have been for mine. I was one of these kids growing up; I didn't free solo but I found plenty of cliffs to jump, steep hills to bomb, and difficult dangerous things to do in the ocean beyond the watchful eyes of my parents. I don't believe there was anything they could have done to prevent this. I also think that they recognized this, because wh…

I used to climb up in the roof of my parents terraced house and walk along the steep roof towards my neighbours. The drop was 3 floors on both sides and I would do this in the middle of the night as a teenager (I was "inspired" by Daredevil comic books).

Looking back on those moments now as an adult, the hair on my skin stands up just at how incredibly stupid and dangerous it was.

I sometimes think of my parallel selves in other worlds, and wonder how many of them are dead and how my family progressed through the grief, from this action alone

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by hu3 »

jauer wrote: post #148
hu3 wrote: post #133

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That explains a bit better what she did. Thanks. I guess Mastodon is bigger than I thought since running an instance gives you so much recognition. Perhaps I should seek openning an account there to get to know better.

Running Hachyderm wasn't what gave her all the recognition. It was years of work (writing books, coding, talks) around go, k8s, and system software in general while being a kind person.

Thanks! Could you link some of her work so I could learn more?

Her website doesn't have much: https://krisnova.net/

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by blackkettle »

tetris11 wrote: post #151
blackkettle wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know this terror as a parent now, and recognize just how scary it must have been for mine. I was one of these kids growing up; I didn't free solo but I found plenty of cliffs to jump, steep hills to bomb, and difficult dangerous things to do in the ocean beyond the watchful eyes of my parents. I don't believe there was anything they could have done to prevent this. I also think that they recognized this, because wh…

I used to climb up in the roof of my parents terraced house and walk along the steep roof towards my neighbours. The drop was 3 floors on both sides and I would do this in the middle of the night as a teenager (I was "inspired" by Daredevil comic books). Looking back on those moments now as an adult, the hair on my skin stands up just at how incredibly stupid and dangerous it was. I sometimes think of my parallel sel…

I’ve very often thought of those same parallel worlds myself. How few I probably inhabit today.

The best I can hope is that husbanding my son’s energy will ensure that I leave this place before he does.

Re: Kris Nóva has died

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Post by mmlvx »

hu3 wrote: post #153
jauer wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Running Hachyderm wasn't what gave her all the recognition. It was years of work (writing books, coding, talks) around go, k8s, and system software in general while being a kind person.

Thanks! Could you link some of her work so I could learn more? Her website doesn't have much: https://krisnova.net/

I knew her mostly from Twitch; and I didn't know her well, but she made a strong impression on me with her evident humanitarian concern for people -- all people, but marginalized persons is who she championed. (Non-marginalized persons don't need it as much, I guess.)
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