John C. Dvorak has died • Hacker News Board

Re: John C. Dvorak has died

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Post by sixothree » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC

atonse wrote: post #232

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It was great until Leo went off the deep end and lost 99% of his audience.

I used to listen to so many TwiT podcasts 10+ years ago. But then slowly lost interest and I don't remember why. But they used to be awesome. FLOSS weekly, Security Now, MacBreak Weekly, etc. But a few years ago, I found out there were some scandals at TwiT, etc, but the network still seems to be going on though.

The last place I listened to Leo was that security podcast I think Leo hosting with Steve Gibson. And it just seemed devoid of any useful information whatsoever. Then one day I decided if I don't learn something I can use at work during my entire drive to work, I'm just not listening again. And that was that.

Re: John C. Dvorak has died

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Post by sixothree » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 1:58 PM UTC

jibal wrote: post #253

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The only "TDS" is Trump devotion/defense syndrome.

Maga all seem pretty derganged to me.

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Post by timbit42 » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC

My favourite memory of John is him disassembling an IBM PS/2 on Computer Chronicles: https://youtu.be/yoAH1aHmwR0?t=859

Earlier in this video he gives his opinion on the IBM PS/2: https://youtu.be/yoAH1aHmwR0?t=655

Re: John C. Dvorak has died

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Post by sixothree » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 2:04 PM UTC

CaptWillard wrote: post #281

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You really aren’t going to get very far intellectually with a rigid ideology that equates disagreeing with Trump to a mental illness. I’ll happily admit that Trump is right about some things, whether or not you’ll admit that he is wrong about some others.

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> to anything Trump does or says

I can't think of many things he has said that I would agree with. On top of that he's usually angry and spiteful in pretty much everything he says. Why would I not be in constant opposition to that?

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Post by turtlesdown11 » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC

rmason wrote: post #144

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> what was really going on with COVID Let me guess: a government conspiracy to push something pro-humanity

I didn't include the link but here is the last series part 1: https://dvorak.substack.com/p/the-covid-decision-tree-part-o... He wrote about COVID for six years. Someone should compile all those columns into a book or at least a single PDF.

> He wrote about COVID for six years. Someone should compile all those columns into a book or at least a single PDF.

I assume, so that his age related dementia and subsequent paranoia can be studied?

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Post by archerx » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 2:13 PM UTC

cebert wrote: post #189

I am curious did anyone else listen to the DH Unplugged Podcast with John and Andrew Horowitz? It was a lighthearted financial markets podcast. I listened to it semi-regularly, and even last week he sounded good.

I do, he and Andrew had a nice chemistry that somehow blended well. I wonder if Andrew will have John’s son on again.

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Post by ninju » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC

darkwater wrote: post #244

giancarlostoro wrote: post #9

For those like me wondering if he's also the creator of the Dvorak keyboard, no but close! > He is a nephew of sociologist August Dvorak, creator of the Dvorak keyboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_keyboard_layout

> of the Dvorak keyboard Ok, I'm going to shame myself in public for this but, I always thought they were "DVORAK keyboards" and they were called this way just like the "AZERTY keyboards", that is, the first 6 letters of the first row were "DVORAK".

Or on a US keyboard its known as QWERTY :-)

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Post by burnte » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 2:26 PM UTC

Centigonal wrote: post #11

That tiny 1"x1.5" thumbnail[1] of John C. Dvorak in PC Magazine was the essence of Gravitas for me as a kid. [1] https://archive.org/details/PC-Mag-1999-12-14/page/88/mode/2...

Ditto, I learned a tremendous amount from him. I read everything he wrote in the 90s when I was coming into the industry.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 2:39 PM UTC

sixothree wrote: post #294

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> to anything Trump does or says I can't think of many things he has said that I would agree with. On top of that he's usually angry and spiteful in pretty much everything he says. Why would I not be in constant opposition to that?

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Post by mvdwoord » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC

relex wrote: post #23

RIP, gonna mis listening to your conversations with Adam, link to the last no agenda show (podcast): https://www.noagendashow.net/listen/1887

Same here... very saddened by this news. Regular listener to the No Agenda podcast. Will miss that voice dearly. I guess this will also mean the end of the No Agenda podcast is near.