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Josef Desimone, Facebook's executive chef, has died

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Re: Josef Desimone, Facebook's executive chef, has died

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Post by untog »

67726e wrote: post #7

Perhaps I am just lacking some perspective here and someone could better inform me, and I don't mean to be "that guy" right now, but how does this really relate to the guideline of: "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." I can understan…

He worked at both Facebook and Google, so aside from anything else I have to assume that a good number of HN readers have benefitted from his cooking.

Are developers now the only employees worth celebrating at tech companies?

Re: Josef Desimone, Facebook's executive chef, has died

#12

Post by 67726e »

untog wrote: post #11
67726e wrote: post #7

Perhaps I am just lacking some perspective here and someone could better inform me, and I don't mean to be "that guy" right now, but how does this really relate to the guideline of: "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." I can understan…

He worked at both Facebook and Google, so aside from anything else I have to assume that a good number of HN readers have benefitted from his cooking. Are developers now the only employees worth celebrating at tech companies?

Maybe I'm just coming from a different perspective having only ever worked for a small company, but I don't exactly find a chef to be noteworthy, at least not in any technical sense.

Let me put it another way, aside from the employees of Google or Facebook, what has this man done that would make him interesting to the rest of the people on this site? What did he do that makes him noteworthy? I'm sure he was a good man and all, but what does he matter to me? By all means, if there is something noteworthy, please let me know, otherwise why was this posted?

Re: Josef Desimone, Facebook's executive chef, has died

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Post by methehack »

67726e wrote: post #7

Perhaps I am just lacking some perspective here and someone could better inform me, and I don't mean to be "that guy" right now, but how does this really relate to the guideline of: "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." I can understan…

Sorry, dude, you're "that guy".

Someone who a bunched of people loved has tragically and suddenly passed away. A bunch of folks who knew him probably read this and up voted the story. I think you could have picked a better post -- finding one could not possibly be difficult -- to grind this particular axe.

Re: Josef Desimone, Facebook's executive chef, has died

#15

Post by nostromo »

I've always admired Google for elevating the role of chef to such unprecedented heights.

But it also makes me wonder what other roles in these big companies could be elevated. (Random example, perhaps the cleaning staff.)

When I was at Amazon circa 1999 rumor had it that the van driver we saw once a day (he delivered intra-office mail -- is that still a thing?) had at minimum hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock options and maybe much more. Beyond being a tad jealous, it also made me happy that the company would think enough of the "support" staff to make sure they were given the same perks as everyone else, even if they were of a different magnitude.

Re: Josef Desimone, Facebook's executive chef, has died

#16

Post by Flowsion »

Andys wrote: post #13
sdfjkl wrote: post #3

Mark's grinning face right above this announcement bothers me for some reason: http://cl.ly/image/2k0p2v2A1U3t

Or how about the fact that thousands of people are "liking" the sad news.

They are not liking the sad news, they're liking Mark's words said about the sad news.

Re: Josef Desimone, Facebook's executive chef, has died

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Post by awad »

67726e wrote: post #12
untog wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He worked at both Facebook and Google, so aside from anything else I have to assume that a good number of HN readers have benefitted from his cooking. Are developers now the only employees worth celebrating at tech companies?

Maybe I'm just coming from a different perspective having only ever worked for a small company, but I don't exactly find a chef to be noteworthy, at least not in any technical sense. Let me put it another way, aside from the employees of Google or Facebook, what has this man done that would make him interesting to the rest of the people on this site? What did he do that makes him noteworthy? I'm sure he was a good ma…

You really are being that guy. If it bothers you so much, why not just skip the thread?

The content on the front page is whatever members have decided merits the attention of the community. Clearly it affects a number of HN readers or else it would not have made it to the front page.

Re: Josef Desimone, Facebook's executive chef, has died

#18

Post by DrJokepu »

67726e wrote: post #12
untog wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He worked at both Facebook and Google, so aside from anything else I have to assume that a good number of HN readers have benefitted from his cooking. Are developers now the only employees worth celebrating at tech companies?

Maybe I'm just coming from a different perspective having only ever worked for a small company, but I don't exactly find a chef to be noteworthy, at least not in any technical sense. Let me put it another way, aside from the employees of Google or Facebook, what has this man done that would make him interesting to the rest of the people on this site? What did he do that makes him noteworthy? I'm sure he was a good ma…

Please stop. What you're doing is not appropriate.

Re: Josef Desimone, Facebook's executive chef, has died

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Post by markdennis »

67726e wrote: post #12
untog wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He worked at both Facebook and Google, so aside from anything else I have to assume that a good number of HN readers have benefitted from his cooking. Are developers now the only employees worth celebrating at tech companies?

Maybe I'm just coming from a different perspective having only ever worked for a small company, but I don't exactly find a chef to be noteworthy, at least not in any technical sense. Let me put it another way, aside from the employees of Google or Facebook, what has this man done that would make him interesting to the rest of the people on this site? What did he do that makes him noteworthy? I'm sure he was a good ma…

You are coming from a bit of an asshole perspective. While hacker news guidelines are certainly useful in the majority of links posted, I am sure they can be bent for a death notice that may personally move members of the community.

Additionally, as has already begun on this thread, there are certainly interesting thoughts that can sprout from the initial link given even a modicum of intellectual curiosity -- how social networks and online communities can deal with death, for example, or how support staff should be integrated into company culture.

At any rate, enough other people have found the post interesting or relevant enough to upvote it.

Re: Josef Desimone, Facebook's executive chef, has died

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Post by koenigdavidmj »

67726e wrote: post #7

Perhaps I am just lacking some perspective here and someone could better inform me, and I don't mean to be "that guy" right now, but how does this really relate to the guideline of: "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." I can understan…

You, sir, have a very poor sense of timing.

And the position of this on the home page tells me that a large collection of good hackers find it interesting. If you disagree, flag it and move on.

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