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Re: Jake Seliger has died

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Post by sgt »

n1b0m wrote: post #47
fnord77 wrote: post #35

I've seen about a half dozen articles on his passing from cancer, but none of them say who he is. Googling his name doesn't help either. Who is he?

Based on his LinkedIn profile: a writer, editor and researcher https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-seliger-03363819

I think the whole story about Jake touched a lot of and in a way it kind of felt like we knew him a bit. I told my wife about him and what his brother and his wife had written, and their circumstances. Now I will tell her tomorrow that the guy died and we will both be sad about it.

Re: Jake Seliger has died

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Post by thom »

efilife wrote: post #71
slazaro wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was an active HN user and a writer, he had a very active blog for many years, and he and his wife had been documenting their struggles during his disease; some of those articles were voted high here and had a lot of discussion around them. So in the microcosm of HN, it's relevant news. RIP Jake.

so what was this guy known for? for a blog? for his illness?

Yes. He was an academic who wrote about writing, authored two inconsequential novels, and was very open about his cancer. Many people here interacted with him or his work, but there’s no shame if you didn’t. A black bar on HN means people asked for it, it’s not a new entry on life’s high score table that needs to be rigorously justified.

Re: Jake Seliger has died

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Post by canucker2016 »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #40

Honest question: Does this rate a black bar? I know that he wasn't a big deal, outside this community, but within HN, his posts were kinda awesome (and heartbreaking).

His karma puts him at #29 on the leaders list - https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders

Re: Jake Seliger has died

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Post by umvi »

I'm sort of afraid to ask since everyone seems to know, but... what is he known for? Usually black bar means a tech giant has died, but absent a wiki page I'm having a hard time finding anything on google about him except the news of his death...

Re: Jake Seliger has died

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Post by [deleted] »

umvi wrote: post #94

I'm sort of afraid to ask since everyone seems to know, but... what is he known for? Usually black bar means a tech giant has died, but absent a wiki page I'm having a hard time finding anything on google about him except the news of his death...

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Re: Jake Seliger has died

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Post by adaml_623 »

adamredwoods wrote: post #80

The work he did with clinical trials and navigating the system was very impressive. We need more people that are willing to push the envelope on cancer trials. I have my own challenges and his work is greatly appreciated. We still need to beat cancer, all types. Let's keep going where Jake left off.

I agree with you in spirit but would suggest that pushing for more funding of schools, universities, basic research, and applied research is something that we should all be doing. Imagine if all the smart people tried to cure cancer instead of working in Wall Street and Adtech

Re: Jake Seliger has died

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Post by samatman »

umvi wrote: post #94

I'm sort of afraid to ask since everyone seems to know, but... what is he known for? Usually black bar means a tech giant has died, but absent a wiki page I'm having a hard time finding anything on google about him except the news of his death...

Jake joined HN in 2008, and has (had?) 80000 karma and change.

He was one of us. I'm sure if you refresh this thread a few times you'll learn more about him, as it happens I hadn't heard of the man until the thread about him entering hospice, so I'm looking forward to that.

But the first part of this post is enough for a black bar imho. It means that a lot of the community will recognize and know who he is, and miss him now that he's gone. That's enough.

Re: Jake Seliger has died

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Post by rottencupcakes »

adaml_623 wrote: post #96
adamredwoods wrote: post #80

The work he did with clinical trials and navigating the system was very impressive. We need more people that are willing to push the envelope on cancer trials. I have my own challenges and his work is greatly appreciated. We still need to beat cancer, all types. Let's keep going where Jake left off.

I agree with you in spirit but would suggest that pushing for more funding of schools, universities, basic research, and applied research is something that we should all be doing. Imagine if all the smart people tried to cure cancer instead of working in Wall Street and Adtech

Funding poorly run institutions isn’t the way.

Make it appealing for smart grads, like the type that apply for YC.

That involves removing red tape and shutting down the AMA.

Re: Jake Seliger has died

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Post by akavi »

adaml_623 wrote: post #96
adamredwoods wrote: post #80

The work he did with clinical trials and navigating the system was very impressive. We need more people that are willing to push the envelope on cancer trials. I have my own challenges and his work is greatly appreciated. We still need to beat cancer, all types. Let's keep going where Jake left off.

I agree with you in spirit but would suggest that pushing for more funding of schools, universities, basic research, and applied research is something that we should all be doing. Imagine if all the smart people tried to cure cancer instead of working in Wall Street and Adtech

That's going to be hard to do so long as we continue regarding someone who makes a billion from a new cancer drug as as a price-gouging murderer while regarding someone who makes a billion from starting an adtech company with mere indifference.
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