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Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by namuol »

Fuck. I feel shocked ... sick. I don't know what to say.

I went to RIT with Mike. He was a seriously passionate developer and very clearly destined for great things. Finding out about this here makes me wish I had stayed in touch. This is unreal, and makes zero sense.

Too many emotions that I don't know what to do with, so I'll end my comment there. Just hope the rest of his family and friends are doing okay. RIP, Mike. :(

Edit:

I just want to say a little more about Mike. We were fairly close, but only my first year or two at RIT when we shared a dorm building and met through mutual friends.

Mike and I didn't stay in touch when our housing situations changed, but whenever we ran into each other on campus, we'd catch up, usually talking about what sort of stuff we'd been working on.

He was a bit like Sherlock Holmes. Socially, he seemed to be operating on another plane, and was at most in his element when talking about our craft, or really anything he was passionate about. He was keen to become a master at everything he tried his hand in, and he was deservedly proud of that.

In hindsight, Mike really was more than a peer or an acquaintance -- I looked up to him.

Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

#13

Post by mrgriscom »

codemac wrote: post #9

Unfortunate how many humans we have driving cars at various levels of impairment. It's killing so many people. Drunk driving in suburban areas is rampant and feels almost inherent without real public transportation options at last call. I think most of Seattle's public transit options stop right around midnight.

I don't see where in the article it says anyone involved was drinking.

Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

#14

Post by chez17 »

codemac wrote: post #9

Unfortunate how many humans we have driving cars at various levels of impairment. It's killing so many people. Drunk driving in suburban areas is rampant and feels almost inherent without real public transportation options at last call. I think most of Seattle's public transit options stop right around midnight.

It's funny you mention suburban drivers. I have lived and have friends who lived in both suburban and rural areas and I found that without exception rural drivers are far, far, more likely to drive drunk.

Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by jstalin »

codemac wrote: post #9

Unfortunate how many humans we have driving cars at various levels of impairment. It's killing so many people. Drunk driving in suburban areas is rampant and feels almost inherent without real public transportation options at last call. I think most of Seattle's public transit options stop right around midnight.

Not to minimize drunk driving deaths, but it's hardly "rampant." About 10,000 people are killed each year in drunk driving accidents in the US. 30,000 a year die from falls.

http://responsibility.org/drunk-driving/drunk-driving-fatali... http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdf

Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by [deleted] »

mrgriscom wrote: post #13
codemac wrote: post #9

Unfortunate how many humans we have driving cars at various levels of impairment. It's killing so many people. Drunk driving in suburban areas is rampant and feels almost inherent without real public transportation options at last call. I think most of Seattle's public transit options stop right around midnight.

I don't see where in the article it says anyone involved was drinking.

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Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by egor598 »

influx wrote: post #5
ronald_dregan wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

remember that a huge, overwhelming majority of Americans are hopelessly stupid, and it starts to make a little more sense.

I assure you that there are stupid people outside of America. In fact, the majority of stupid human beings are not American.

Of course the majority of stupid people will be outside of America (statistically speaking), the world is huge, you stupid :-), in comparison with your 'Murica! But I am inclined to believe that the ratio of stupid people in 'murica might as well be higher than in the rest of the world.

Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by sp332 »

chez17 wrote: post #14
codemac wrote: post #9

Unfortunate how many humans we have driving cars at various levels of impairment. It's killing so many people. Drunk driving in suburban areas is rampant and feels almost inherent without real public transportation options at last call. I think most of Seattle's public transit options stop right around midnight.

It's funny you mention suburban drivers. I have lived and have friends who lived in both suburban and rural areas and I found that without exception rural drivers are far, far , more likely to drive drunk.

Since codemac mentioned public transportation, I think it was a comparison to urban, not rural areas.

Re: Mike Ey, Microsoft HoloLens designer, killed in hit and run

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Post by paulrademacher »

mrgriscom wrote: post #13
codemac wrote: post #9

Unfortunate how many humans we have driving cars at various levels of impairment. It's killing so many people. Drunk driving in suburban areas is rampant and feels almost inherent without real public transportation options at last call. I think most of Seattle's public transit options stop right around midnight.

I don't see where in the article it says anyone involved was drinking.

> On Monday, a judge set bail at $100,000 for Robert Malsch, accused of drinking and of driving more than 100 mph before rear-ending a car and killing the driver inside.
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