Can we have another black bar at the top of hackernews? Feel free to delete this comment, dang, et. al. She’s just obviously had an outsized effect on us all whether we realize it or not.
Susan Wojcicki has died
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Re: Susan Wojcicki has died
#62I'm not a Googler, but would still ask commenters to show some respect for the person who died, and save your opinions about youtube for another day.
When is there a better time to discuss the works of a famous person than when they are in the news?
Re: Susan Wojcicki has died
#63This is a very sad day. For her to also lose her son in February too.
Re: Susan Wojcicki has died
#64I'm not a Googler, but would still ask commenters to show some respect for the person who died, and save your opinions about youtube for another day.
In particular, Susan was a lovely soul and specifically deserves all of our respect.
If you want to hate, then hate the game, not the player (especially in this case).
Re: Susan Wojcicki has died
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When you look at X today and Reddit in years past, YouTube was well run. And her legacy will be the incredible and I would argue positive impact it has had on society.
Censorship platforms do not benefit society. They benefit the censors and shareholders. Nobody reaps benefit from other people deciding what they shouldn’t be able to watch.
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#67Her son just died of a fentanyl overdose just a few months ago too? Not even a billion $ will protect you from America's problems with cancer and fentanyl. We need to fix this. I mean, just look at this chart: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cancer-incidence?tab=char... Is it pesticides like this recent HN thread alludes to? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41182121 Idk. But the US is uniquely doing something…
the pharmocracy will allow a cure for cancer?
We've got a number of working cures and preventions for cancers, just not most types and many are not 100% reliable. I'm happy to complain about pharma and we've still got a long way to go, but this is a bad take. Yes, they've "allowed" it for years. (Did you get your HPV vaccine already?)
Re: Susan Wojcicki has died
#68Next time you're thinking "I wish I was the one who had made a billion dollars with my startup idea", remember that only health and family matter, and to have fun while you're alive. RIP. Edit: some people misinterpreted my comment. I'm just one anonymous voice on the Internet, but am deeply saddened by the passing of Susan Wojcicki, who meant a lot to me as one of the many people who crossed paths with her professio…
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I think you are interpreting the comment rather ungenerously. This sounds far more like finding common humanity with the deceased then somehow correlating cancer to wealth.
Re: Susan Wojcicki has died
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
the pharmocracy will allow a cure for cancer?
We've got a number of working cures and preventions for cancers, just not most types and many are not 100% reliable. I'm happy to complain about pharma and we've still got a long way to go, but this is a bad take. Yes, they've "allowed" it for years. (Did you get your HPV vaccine already?)
+1 - cancer prognosis used to be treated as a death sentence for most forms of cancer and "stage 4" was almost immediately referred to hospice. Amazing progress in our lifetimes, and an impressive roadmap ahead.
Re: Susan Wojcicki has died
#70Can we have another black bar at the top of hackernews? Feel free to delete this comment, dang, et. al. She’s just obviously had an outsized effect on us all whether we realize it or not.
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