Nóirín Plunkett has died

Sad news, RIP. Based on her community involvement it strikes me as almost appropriate for her name to be added to the X-Clacks-Overhead HTTP header [1]

[1] http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com/

Re: Nóirín Plunkett has died

#7

Post by drzaiusapelord » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 7:22 PM UTC

She looks pretty young in her social media photos. Please don't be yet another bright young techie suicide. We've had too many of those recently, and no one seems to understand why or how we can avoid them in the future.

Re: Nóirín Plunkett has died

#8

Post by davelnewton » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 7:25 PM UTC

kozukumi wrote: post #5

I do not know much about the ASF, could somebody share a little of who Nóirín was, what she did, etc?

She was actively involved in documentation, communication, and conferences.

Re: Nóirín Plunkett has died

#9

Post by davelnewton » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 7:26 PM UTC

I sincerely hope this isn't related to the recent legal stuff that was going on (http://www.plainsite.org/dockets/1vely89ia/oregon-district-c... etc). Going away due to natural causes is tragic enough.

Re: Nóirín Plunkett has died

#10

Post by Udo » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 7:28 PM UTC

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #7

She looks pretty young in her social media photos. Please don't be yet another bright young techie suicide. We've had too many of those recently, and no one seems to understand why or how we can avoid them in the future.

I agree, and although they're "just" a symptom they are a particularly haunting one. The taboo surrounding these deaths doesn't help, either.

Edit: thank you, surapaneni, for correcting my mistake.