Near, the emulator developer of bsnes, higan, and more, has died

Posted this on the other thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27653450), I'll copy it here...

I don't really know what to say here. I didn't know them personally, but I saw their work and was truly stunned. Most people don't achieve in their entire lives what Near (aka Byuu) did in their comparatively short one. To say I was impressed is an understatement. I simply don't have the words.

What happened, shouldn't have happened. There needs to be a wider discussion of responsibility of hosting providers for the actions of their customers, and especially Cloudflare for shielding illegal acts. But that's a discussion for another day.

Tonight, the sky is darker, for the loss of one of its brightest stars.

Kiwi Farms is vile. I stumbled upon it while researching someone who turned out to be a target of one of their hate campaign. Its a PHP Forum-style site, but with entire sub forums dedicated to small groups and event specific people. Long running topics would be an entire persons hate campaign against them.

The members seem to have a strange, self-claimed moral authority. The posts are a mix of records of what they have done to harass people, updates on past targets, ideas for future hate, and justification about why this person deserves it. Overall it was sad for everyone involved. I hope they find some solace in their lives, if only to let their victims find it also.

I remembered this article from 2011 about bsnes:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/08/accuracy-takes-power-...

Tragic loss, RIP.

I completely agree.

Mid-time kiwifarms poster here. AMA I guess? Not sure what happened here.

Related thread: https://kiwifarms.net/threads/byuu-byuu_nyan-setsunakun0.430...