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Re: Tony Hsieh has died

#181

Post by smt88 »

dvt wrote: post #4

This is crazy, he's a veritable legend (and so young). RIP. My condolences go out to his friends and family. Maybe related to his stepping down 3 months ago[1]? My comment from that 3-month-old thread, regarding Hsieh: From 2015-2017, I worked at Edmunds.com which was (to put it lightly) a bit obsessed with "Delivering Happiness" and Zappos' culture. So much so, that the leadership team visited Vegas to get a tour of…

> Maybe related to his stepping down 3 months ago

The cause of death has been released. He died in a house fire.

Edit: Died of injuries sustained in the fire, not in the house itself.

My point was just that there seems not to be any behavioral reason that this happened.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by jessaustin »

ceilingcorner wrote: post #126
elsjaako wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who had never heard of the practice before moving to the US as a teen, it seemed pretty culty to me. I understand most Americans aren't that bothered, but that makes it even more creepy to us foreigners. I'm sure North Koreans are used to the Kims' pictures in every room, but that doesn't make it less weird from an outsiders perspective.

Comparing the Pledge of Allegiance to North Korean indoctrination is exactly the sort of absurd nonsense that I'm talking about. It's a basic tradition that helps instill patriotism, which from a purely practical point of view, is almost a political necessity in a country as diverse as America. Criticizing one's own country, which is probably one of the most American things one can do, is absolutely not possible in N…

In future, when people ask me why I don't like "my team", maybe I'll just point to this thread instead of boring them again with the centuries of racist violence, in which we are still engaged to this day.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by tyingq »

smt88 wrote: post #181
dvt wrote: post #4

This is crazy, he's a veritable legend (and so young). RIP. My condolences go out to his friends and family. Maybe related to his stepping down 3 months ago[1]? My comment from that 3-month-old thread, regarding Hsieh: From 2015-2017, I worked at Edmunds.com which was (to put it lightly) a bit obsessed with "Delivering Happiness" and Zappos' culture. So much so, that the leadership team visited Vegas to get a tour of…

> Maybe related to his stepping down 3 months ago The cause of death has been released. He died in a house fire. Edit: Died of injuries sustained in the fire, not in the house itself. My point was just that there seems not to be any behavioral reason that this happened.

Sounds like he died some time after the house fire, due to the injuries incurred.

"Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of Zappos, died peacefully and surrounded by family on Friday, according to a statement emailed to CNN by Megan Fazio, a spokesperson for DTP Companies, a Las Vegas-based enterprise for which Hsieh served as the visionary.

Hsieh, 46, died from injuries sustained in a house fire that occurred in Connecticut while he was visiting family, according to Fazio."

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/28/us/tony-hsieh-zappos-dies...

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

#185

Post by leroy_masochist »

smt88 wrote: post #181
dvt wrote: post #4

This is crazy, he's a veritable legend (and so young). RIP. My condolences go out to his friends and family. Maybe related to his stepping down 3 months ago[1]? My comment from that 3-month-old thread, regarding Hsieh: From 2015-2017, I worked at Edmunds.com which was (to put it lightly) a bit obsessed with "Delivering Happiness" and Zappos' culture. So much so, that the leadership team visited Vegas to get a tour of…

> Maybe related to his stepping down 3 months ago The cause of death has been released. He died in a house fire. Edit: Died of injuries sustained in the fire, not in the house itself. My point was just that there seems not to be any behavioral reason that this happened.

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/man-suffers-substa...

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

#186

Post by mooreds »

tyingq wrote: post #184
smt88 wrote: post #181

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Maybe related to his stepping down 3 months ago The cause of death has been released. He died in a house fire. Edit: Died of injuries sustained in the fire, not in the house itself. My point was just that there seems not to be any behavioral reason that this happened.

Sounds like he died some time after the house fire, due to the injuries incurred. "Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of Zappos, died peacefully and surrounded by family on Friday, according to a statement emailed to CNN by Megan Fazio, a spokesperson for DTP Companies, a Las Vegas-based enterprise for which Hsieh served as the visionary. Hsieh, 46, died from injuries sustained in a house fire that occurred in Connecticut wh…

Too young, too young. Not that there's ever a time when it feels right to lose a loved one, but wow, he was in the prime of his life.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by asdfasgasdgasdg »

kozak wrote: post #148
spoonalious wrote: post #62

Died from a house fire. Terrible way to go. Source: https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/tony-hsieh-key-figure...

It's 2020, people talk a lot about self-driving cars and travelling to Mars, and yet such terrible preventable tragedies still happen even in successfull countries to successful people. So sad.

A good reminder to have fire alarms installed in every part of your house. We have one in each bedroom, each common area, and the hallways too. They are ten year alarms, so if we still live here in ten years, when one of them starts going bad we will just replace them all at once. Very simple step you can take to reduce your risk without much effort.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by xoxoy »

tyingq wrote: post #184
smt88 wrote: post #181

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Maybe related to his stepping down 3 months ago The cause of death has been released. He died in a house fire. Edit: Died of injuries sustained in the fire, not in the house itself. My point was just that there seems not to be any behavioral reason that this happened.

Sounds like he died some time after the house fire, due to the injuries incurred. "Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of Zappos, died peacefully and surrounded by family on Friday, according to a statement emailed to CNN by Megan Fazio, a spokesperson for DTP Companies, a Las Vegas-based enterprise for which Hsieh served as the visionary. Hsieh, 46, died from injuries sustained in a house fire that occurred in Connecticut wh…

Found it very strange to say that he died “peacefully” when he died because of injuries from a house fire a week earlier.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by mindslight »

chrischattin wrote: post #171
Ensorceled wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In 2020, our firefighters here in Toronto are bored. They go to car accident scenes to simply block traffic, they show up at 911 calls to talk with people and see if they can offer aid while waiting for paramedics/ambulance, two or three trucks will show up for our small walkups occasional false alarms. My brother and nephew are cops, they end up shooing the fire trucks away from minor accidents because they clog up…

The reason firefighters are often the first on the scene of an accident or 911 call is because fire stations are spread throughout the community. They’re the closest first responders and can get there faster. Not because they’re bored and have nothing better to do.

They probably do have nothing better to do, and that's a good thing. Basic queuing theory says that a system needs excess capacity in order to be able to respond to peak demand - you can't just tell a second fire to wait for an hour while fighting the first one. If three engines respond to a fender bender and a more pressing call comes in, they will leave and go there.

I had an immediate family member in the hospital when that "nurses playing cards" ignorance was going around. I wish nurses did have some time to play cards, because it would mean they'd answer when they were needed, rather than being busy with other patients for an hour and then forgetting. We truly are optimizing ourselves to death.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by xoxoy »

nate wrote: post #169

In 2013, Tony invited me and other entrepreneurs to Vegas to give us his tour of what he and his team were doing to the Downtown area to revive it. It was amazing. But what really has always stuck with me is how fresh Tony’s ideas and thinking were. He looked past a ton of criticism and naysayers to see his new ideas come to life. Tony had the courage to try new thing after new thing. Often with great results. I’ve b…

I’m a little disheartened by how much e-commerce has changed for the worst since the Zappos heydays, and how the most successful cos now often employ anti-consumer dark patterns and tactics to squeeze more revenue and profits all while limiting investment in customer service.

Wayfair at a $30B market cap comes to mind...dropships almost everything eg zero control of inventory and shipping times, dynamic pricing and fake discounts makes it difficult to know if you’re getting a good deal, customer service very inconsistent, returns not free, etc.

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