40 Years After an Acid Attack, a Life Well Lived
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Re: 40 Years After an Acid Attack, a Life Well Lived
#2A brilliant story, well written.
There have been a few horrific stories of cultural backwards attacking women with acid in the UK press. It's made me far more cautious when handling automotive batteries.
I won't move a car battery ever again without wearing safety goggles.
Re: 40 Years After an Acid Attack, a Life Well Lived
#3> But he said hers were wasted words.
> “That’s so fascinating,” he said, “but you know, it wouldn’t have made a difference. I was a cautious kid. I knew who was outside the gate. I knew Bassy. You would have opened it, too.”
I can't imagine the trust issues one would have after going through this. If a stranger does something, it can be explained away. But if it is someone you know, makes it much more difficult.
Re: 40 Years After an Acid Attack, a Life Well Lived
#4What does this have to do with Hacker News?
Re: 40 Years After an Acid Attack, a Life Well Lived
#5I'm certain I've seen Dr. Miele in the BART before.
Everyone (myself included, which I am ashamed of) did everything to not stare at him nor look in his direction– which of course would have been glaringly and awkwardly obvious to anyone observing the scene.
Reading this article, his body of work is fascinating. Part of me hopes that if I ever see him again during one of my commutes, I'll have the courage to go up to him and ask him questions about all the cool stuff he's done.
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#6What does this have to do with Hacker News?
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Re: 40 Years After an Acid Attack, a Life Well Lived
#7What does this have to do with Hacker News?
By HN guidelines, things that are appropriate are "Anything that good hackers would find interesting... anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."
This is the story of Dr. Joshua Miele who, after this horrific attack, has been working on some really interesting projects using technology to make the lives of those living with disabilities better.
After reading this story, I found an interview he did describing some of the projects he's been working on, including tactile maps on smartphones to help blind people navigate their world. http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201106171000.
So I'd say it's relevant.
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#8What does this have to do with Hacker News?
From HN's Guidelines[1]:
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Re: 40 Years After an Acid Attack, a Life Well Lived
#9What does this have to do with Hacker News?
How hard would it be for HN to filter posts like this? There are only so many permutations of "Why is this here? / What does this have to do with HN?" possible...
Re: 40 Years After an Acid Attack, a Life Well Lived
#10interesting as this again was done by a deeply disturbed individual, a paranoid schizophrenic.
society since then has not gotten better at identifying threats coming from sick people. down to sandy hook, the completely insane individual is left alone until he/she commits an atrocity.