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Re: Susan Wojcicki has died

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Post by [deleted] »

jart wrote: post #86
noncoml wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s BS. Yes, both rich and poor die of cancer. But being rich or even just comfortable gives you a completely different experience during the end of life. You can afford to quit your job and be with your friends and family. You can afford to see that best doctors that will ensure you have as comfortable as possible end of life. Your kids can afford to take a sabbatical to come spend time with you. You can be sure…

If you're poor you won't even officially have cancer, because no one will diagnose you, since then you'd be entitled to services. Someone who's actually been poor would understand this.

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Re: Susan Wojcicki has died

#102

Post by TMWNN »

lchengify wrote: post #73

Was shocked to hear this news. I worked for Google years ago but I was in the NYC office, so we didn't run into the YouTube folks much. Opinions about YouTube may be mixed here on HN, but it is objectively one of the most successful businesses in tech or media to emerge in the past 15 years. If it weren't buried inside Alphabet, Youtube would be worth on the order of $400 billion, more than Disney and Comcast combine…

>Opinions about YouTube may be mixed here on HN

Who? Who has a negative opinion about YouTube? The occasional "My kids watch too much of it" != "mixed opinions" about the site in general.

Re: Susan Wojcicki has died

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Post by gloryjulio »

lchengify wrote: post #73

Was shocked to hear this news. I worked for Google years ago but I was in the NYC office, so we didn't run into the YouTube folks much. Opinions about YouTube may be mixed here on HN, but it is objectively one of the most successful businesses in tech or media to emerge in the past 15 years. If it weren't buried inside Alphabet, Youtube would be worth on the order of $400 billion, more than Disney and Comcast combine…

YouTube is how I got the education I needed to get into the tech industry.

Re: Susan Wojcicki has died

#104

Post by throw2away2 »

reducesuffering wrote: post #57

Her 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…

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Re: Susan Wojcicki has died

#105

Post by rottencupcakes »

reducesuffering wrote: post #57

Her 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…

I don’t think the tox report showed fentanyl.

Looks like Xanax and Cocaine.

https://nypost.com/2024/05/30/us-news/cause-of-death-reveale...

Re: Susan Wojcicki has died

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Post by xanderlewis »

TMWNN wrote: post #102
lchengify wrote: post #73

Was shocked to hear this news. I worked for Google years ago but I was in the NYC office, so we didn't run into the YouTube folks much. Opinions about YouTube may be mixed here on HN, but it is objectively one of the most successful businesses in tech or media to emerge in the past 15 years. If it weren't buried inside Alphabet, Youtube would be worth on the order of $400 billion, more than Disney and Comcast combine…

>Opinions about YouTube may be mixed here on HN Who? Who has a negative opinion about YouTube? The occasional "My kids watch too much of it" != "mixed opinions" about the site in general.

A lot of YouTubers have been very critical of YouTube’s approach to things and treatment of creators in the past.

Also, just as an example, YouTube demonetises (and therefore effectively punishes) you for using words like ‘suicide’ so now we have to say silly things like ‘unalive’ — at least until Google/the advertisers catch on. These days YouTube is more censored than traditional TV.

Re: Susan Wojcicki has died

#107

Post by vintermann »

asah wrote: post #64
daveed wrote: post #49

I'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).

I'm sure she was, but I did not personally know her and I'm pretty sure few others here did as well. It's newsworthy for what she was, her role, not really for who she was as a person.

I certainly wouldn't mind reading some personal eulogies about what a great mentor her was etc., or about how she influenced your life with her work even if you didn't know her.

But I also don't mind reading critical posts about the role she played, I think that's part of the picture for someone who's famous as a business leader. If people weren't willing to speak freely about the dead, we wouldn't have had the Nobel prizes.

Re: Susan Wojcicki has died

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Post by lotsofpulp »

somenameforme wrote: post #93
asah wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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).

This saying never made sense to me as a game is only a game if there are players.

The point of the saying is that the player is not necessarily in position to change the rules, or at least not in the immediate short term. How far one wants to accept this as acceptable reasoning is a subjective matter.

Re: Susan Wojcicki has died

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Post by TMWNN »

xanderlewis wrote: post #106
TMWNN wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Opinions about YouTube may be mixed here on HN Who? Who has a negative opinion about YouTube? The occasional "My kids watch too much of it" != "mixed opinions" about the site in general.

A lot of YouTubers have been very critical of YouTube’s approach to things and treatment of creators in the past. Also, just as an example, YouTube demonetises (and therefore effectively punishes) you for using words like ‘suicide’ so now we have to say silly things like ‘unalive’ — at least until Google/the advertisers catch on. These days YouTube is more censored than traditional TV.

I think the "unalive" nonsense is idiotic too, especially when it increasingly bleeds into elsewhere online (and probably offline, too). But that's not the same thing as "mixed opinions" in general on HN. That would be more accurate of, say, Twitter (where we are nearing two years and counting of the imminent collapse of the site any day now post-Musk acquisition, as opposed to seemingly every news event proving that it is more important than ever).

Re: Susan Wojcicki has died

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Post by mihular »

TMWNN wrote: post #102
lchengify wrote: post #73

Was shocked to hear this news. I worked for Google years ago but I was in the NYC office, so we didn't run into the YouTube folks much. Opinions about YouTube may be mixed here on HN, but it is objectively one of the most successful businesses in tech or media to emerge in the past 15 years. If it weren't buried inside Alphabet, Youtube would be worth on the order of $400 billion, more than Disney and Comcast combine…

>Opinions about YouTube may be mixed here on HN Who? Who has a negative opinion about YouTube? The occasional "My kids watch too much of it" != "mixed opinions" about the site in general.

My complaint is that there isn't a family subscription option in my country. Also without Music. It's either personal with Music or damn annoying commercials. Another complaint would be non transparent and sometimes wrong censorship.
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