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I'm choosing euthanasia etd 1pm. I have no last words.

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Re: I'm choosing euthanasia etd 1pm. I have no last words.

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Post by throwanem »

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #17
shin_lao wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would it be the inevitability of death that disturbs you?

Nyah. I'm 51 years old and buried my parents. Death is real and probably closer than I imagine. Perhaps it's the productization of death? I received this news as a retweet in my Twitter feed. Next to it was a bit.ly link about Configuration Management tools, the announcement of a speaker at a conference, and a famous quote from Einstein. Right now on HN it's #4. Next to it is a blog post about tools and frameworks an…

It is precisely that.

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Post by woliveirajr »

Few hours ago there were this discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12631488

And now we have this tweet from someone I respect very much, someone who took part of his time too tell his feelings on how you could/should treat someone that is having his final moments.

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Post by LeanderK »

This keeps me up at night. I hope the collective advancement in science makes it possible to defeat cancer some day. I believe/hope that my contribution as a insignificant CS-student helps somebody develop tools that help somebody researching etc.

I am really convinced that every advancement is connected somehow and the collective improvement in efficiency and livings standards makes it possible to commit more resources and train even more students to work on hard problems.

Even the work on something unrelated like React might somehow help if you observe humanity as a whole.

Also f*ck cancer (i read the guidelines and i found no statue against insulting cancer, if there is a user named cancer its a misunderstanding and you should really consider changing your username)

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Post by OnACoffeeBreak »

boothead wrote: post #7
krapp wrote: post #5

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Probably estimated time of death.

I think I prefer departure

There was a recent The Moth: Radio Hour [1] where an emergency room physician talked about dealing with death in the ER. I was struck by the deliberate decision to be blunt about what had happened. She specifically says that she cannot mince words and say that the patient "departed" or "moved on" because inevitably the concerned family and friends will assume that their loved one has been moved to another hospital or something.

This is not to argue your point of preference. It's just something that changed my perspective recently, and it may be interesting.

1. http://player.themoth.org/#/?actionType=ADD_AND_PLAY&storyId...

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Post by fsloth »

Odenwaelder wrote: post #12
shin_lao wrote: post #6

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Would it be the inevitability of death that disturbs you?

What unsettles me is cancer. I did my PhD in cancer research, lost relatives to it and discovered how bad it is. I would do anything to prevent getting it, but I know there's no way. May his family and friends find peace.

Can you elaborate what makes cancer any more frightening than any other things that may get us? Is it the threat of pain? As long as we are mortal our journey is a finite one anyway.

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Post by fsloth »

LeanderK wrote: post #24

This keeps me up at night. I hope the collective advancement in science makes it possible to defeat cancer some day. I believe/hope that my contribution as a insignificant CS-student helps somebody develop tools that help somebody researching etc. I am really convinced that every advancement is connected somehow and the collective improvement in efficiency and livings standards makes it possible to commit more resour…

We all die at some point. While I too abhor cancer I find hard to fear it more than any other thing that can kill me - a stroke, a car accident, etc. The universe is out to get us - we've evolved into tough bastard but we've not defeated mortality.

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Post by meric »

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #17
shin_lao wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would it be the inevitability of death that disturbs you?

Nyah. I'm 51 years old and buried my parents. Death is real and probably closer than I imagine. Perhaps it's the productization of death? I received this news as a retweet in my Twitter feed. Next to it was a bit.ly link about Configuration Management tools, the announcement of a speaker at a conference, and a famous quote from Einstein. Right now on HN it's #4. Next to it is a blog post about tools and frameworks an…

Some of her consciousness lives through your memories and mirror neurons. Not just in the bucket of bits. Thanks for sharing.
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