The HQ of her foundation is a few kms from me in Sydney. If you want to donate, there's links here:
Grief in Ethiopia as trailblazing Australian doctor dies
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#22Very glad to see this on Hacker News.
I had the fortune to meet her, as my dad was the architect of the new expanded hospital that opened in 1999. Amazing woman.
Sydney Morning Herald obituary here : https://www.smh.com.au/national/gynaecologist-named-a-nation...
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#23I really wish I could make a difference like that.
Stories like this one usually give me bunch of really uneasy thoughts and feelings. It is difficult to avoid comparing own life path and choices to other people's - she achieved incredible things, saved lives and will be inspiration for many. And here I am, sitting countless hours behind screen,doing all these irrelevant things, writing code which maybe will increase someone's profit insignificantly. It is like it is…
> Stories like this one usually give me bunch of really uneasy thoughts and feelings.
Stories like these are exactly that - stories. Nobody is a saint. Not in this world.
People said the same thing about mother teresa and she turned out to be an awful person who enjoyed seeing the suffering of others.
Gandhi? MLK? [insert any name of a media's "saint"].
Ultimately, we find out that they were all too human and the sainthood bestowed on them by the media is bullshit.
> And here I am, sitting countless hours behind screen,doing all these irrelevant things, writing code which maybe will increase someone's profit insignificantly.
The true heroes are the ordinary people who labor away in anonymity. There has never been a truly good person on the BBC or any major "news" site.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Stories like this one usually give me bunch of really uneasy thoughts and feelings. It is difficult to avoid comparing own life path and choices to other people's - she achieved incredible things, saved lives and will be inspiration for many. And here I am, sitting countless hours behind screen,doing all these irrelevant things, writing code which maybe will increase someone's profit insignificantly. It is like it is…
> Stories like this one usually give me bunch of really uneasy thoughts and feelings. Stories like these are exactly that - stories. Nobody is a saint. Not in this world. People said the same thing about mother teresa and she turned out to be an awful person who enjoyed seeing the suffering of others. Gandhi? MLK? [insert any name of a media's "saint"]. Ultimately, we find out that they were all too human and the sai…
It does not follow that because all people are flawed that she was a monster nor does it follow that since some people have been portrayed inaccurately that she was.
>The true heroes are the ordinary people who labor away in anonymity. There has never been a truly good person on the BBC or any major "news" site.
This is fetishizing following different biases as being an individualist.
If the mainstream press reports 2 + 2 = 4 saying it's 17 isn't brave its a failure of analysis.
Re: Grief in Ethiopia as trailblazing Australian doctor dies
#25The HQ of her foundation is a few kms from me in Sydney. If you want to donate, there's links here: https://hamlin.org.au/ https://fistulafoundation.org/
I drive passed it regularly.
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#26For those who wouldn't click the URL, I just want to state that the good doctor died at 96 possibly due to old age related complications and this story has nothing to do with COVID-19.
Thank you!
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
But working under Catherine Hamlin are a bunch of people doing "irrelevant" things. Someone has to empty the garbage bins in the wards, but the hospital wouldn't work without that person. You don't have to run the show to be making a contribution.
You can, however, choose the circus you join. If you feel meh about what you do and you feel meh - or worse - about the organization you do it for, it's normal to feel uncomfortable.
I've always wondered how an infosec specialisation could contribute to this kind of organisation instead of working exclusively for massive companies. I just have not seen the possibility yet I guess.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Stories like this one usually give me bunch of really uneasy thoughts and feelings. It is difficult to avoid comparing own life path and choices to other people's - she achieved incredible things, saved lives and will be inspiration for many. And here I am, sitting countless hours behind screen,doing all these irrelevant things, writing code which maybe will increase someone's profit insignificantly. It is like it is…
But working under Catherine Hamlin are a bunch of people doing "irrelevant" things. Someone has to empty the garbage bins in the wards, but the hospital wouldn't work without that person. You don't have to run the show to be making a contribution.
As I always say: somebody had to fix Einstein's car.
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#29For those who wouldn't click the URL, I just want to state that the good doctor died at 96 possibly due to old age related complications and this story has nothing to do with COVID-19.
Thank you for saving many clicks! Pandemics are a great excuse for clickbaits!
Re: Grief in Ethiopia as trailblazing Australian doctor dies
#30For those who wouldn't click the URL, I just want to state that the good doctor died at 96 possibly due to old age related complications and this story has nothing to do with COVID-19.
Thank you for saving many clicks! Pandemics are a great excuse for clickbaits!
How is the title clickbait?