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Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home

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Post by simoncion » Tue, Jul 21, 2015, 1:39 AM UTC

braythwayt wrote: post #117

simoncion wrote: post #97

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I would have no problem with public speculation about the manner of or motives behind the death of any of my friends or family. Most speculation is a bunch of hot air, but such threads also provide a place to talk about the deceased and his works, and to talk about other, related things. I, for one, appreciate the vast majority of conversation attached to this HN post.

On several scuba and climbing sites I visit, there is a strict separation between mourning a death and speculating/analyzing the cause. It may be a little different here, but the experience with risky sports is that a thread examining the cause may include suggestions that the person was somewhat at fault. Many of the people mourning someones passing would prefer such discussions not be interleaved with celebrating t…

I wish that HN was more like Metafilter in its ability to section off condolences and well-wishes threads from speculation threads.

Unfortunately, the method by which posts get to and stay on the front page ensure that HN will never be able to perform this sort of segmentation.

Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home

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Post by morganvachon » Tue, Jul 21, 2015, 1:48 AM UTC

djfm wrote: post #15

"toxicology results would be done in two or three months" This seems like a long time, is it normal?

It depends on the lab's backlog. When I worked as an evidence technician, it would sometimes be six months or more between dropping off the samples and getting the results. I had one murder case that took nearly two years to get back, longer than my time in that position.

Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home

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Post by Shrugs » Tue, Jul 21, 2015, 2:39 AM UTC

mintplant wrote: post #125

Shrugs wrote: post #109

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Slidell. I went to school at LaTech for a year and a half. I I recently found a fellow Google intern who's from Slidell as well, but we'd never met previously because we went to rival highschools.

Wow, I never thought I'd run into someone else from Slidell on here. Did you go to Northshore High, by any chance?

I went to Slidell High; the other Google intern went to Northshore. And now one more from Slidell. I love how the internet brought us all together even though we were previously so close but didn't know it.

Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 21, 2015, 2:43 AM UTC

emehrkay wrote: post #22

jkimmel wrote: post #8

My step-sister dated Josh for a while when I was growing up. My few memories of him consist mostly of Josh explaining technology to me at the dinner table in slow, careful words so that a middle school kid could understand. I remember him laughing with me about the crazy/terrible things I had done to overclock my Android Dev Phone 1 at a time when no one else I knew thought that was interesting. I remember feeling re…

I hope this doesn't come off as too selfish, but I hope that I can do things/interact with people that leaves a meaningful bond long after the relationship has "ended" Maybe paying it forward is the best thing to do in his memory.

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Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home

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Post by gorgak » Tue, Jul 21, 2015, 2:50 AM UTC

i am utterly baffled about this, not that his death is not sad for some people but these quotes:

'A true technology pioneer and visionary 'His contributions, which helped to lay our region's innovative technology foundation, will not be forgotten'

what is visionary or pioneering or innovative about stealing musicians songs to make money out of them!? youtube already did it along with a bunch of other sites, all of which did it illegally at the start and then tried to do deals afterwards to monetise their illegal content. its all fleas on the back of musicians work, and i find it disgusting.

Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home

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Post by gorgak » Tue, Jul 21, 2015, 2:54 AM UTC

swombat wrote: post #77

personjerry wrote: post #64

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You should pay for whomever's music you enjoy regardless of whether they're an independent artist who needs the money.

I'll probably get downvoted to oblivion for this, but who cares... I think paying money that ends up in the pockets of large record companies who then spend that money to pass laws that break the internet is morally reprehensible. I think buying music in this day and age is immoral. The faster the music industry collapses, the better off we all are. I am sorry if some artists have to pay for this too in some way, but…

as a musician i agree! but spotify et al comes under record companies, this is why i want to build something open source for musicians that replaces itunes.

Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home

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Post by vowelless » Tue, Jul 21, 2015, 2:58 AM UTC

noir_lord wrote: post #112

tmountain wrote: post #100

I worked with Josh for over five years at Grooveshark. The day I applied for the job, he spent several hours pitching the company to me with rampant enthusiasm in hopes that I'd take a risk (and a huge pay cut) and come work with the team. From the day I took the job, I watched Josh tirelessly run through his pitch time and time again, always with the same attention to detail, and the same level of genuine interest i…

I'm sorry for the loss of your friend. Grooveshark was my absolute favourite website for close to a half a decade, I can't even count the hours I spent listening to it.

Same here. I was an early adopter and they maintained early adopter pricing until the end. I think I joined in 2009. I lived in 3 different countries and 5 different cities since then, and my playlists on Grooveshark were one of the few constants. I resisted using any other phone besides Android because of the app (which wasn't even on the app store) and only moved to an iPhone after they had been shut down.

I am going to miss it sorely.

Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home

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Post by T3RMINATED » Tue, Jul 21, 2015, 3:04 AM UTC

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Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home

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Post by rahulbawa1991 » Tue, Jul 21, 2015, 3:12 AM UTC

noir_lord wrote: post #112

tmountain wrote: post #100

I worked with Josh for over five years at Grooveshark. The day I applied for the job, he spent several hours pitching the company to me with rampant enthusiasm in hopes that I'd take a risk (and a huge pay cut) and come work with the team. From the day I took the job, I watched Josh tirelessly run through his pitch time and time again, always with the same attention to detail, and the same level of genuine interest i…

I'm sorry for the loss of your friend. Grooveshark was my absolute favourite website for close to a half a decade, I can't even count the hours I spent listening to it.

This site gave me peace during my lows through music. Rest in peace my friend.

Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home

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Post by bradbatt » Tue, Jul 21, 2015, 3:40 AM UTC

Shrugs wrote: post #109

zbruhnke wrote: post #91

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what part of Louisiana are you from? I don't meet many others from my neck of the woods in tech

Slidell. I went to school at LaTech for a year and a half. I I recently found a fellow Google intern who's from Slidell as well, but we'd never met previously because we went to rival highschools.

Never really expected to see LaTech mentioned on HN … I graduated from there back in 95.