For those of us who've never heard of this guy, what did he do, and why is this the number one story on HN right now?
I would have thought that someone on HN would know how to use a search engine.
Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, has died
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Re: Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, has died
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
When I started to see similar things happen to friends or acquaintances when I was about the same age every time I heard of someone getting sick or dying prematurely I would say to myself "time to buy that Porsche you always wanted". So I did. My parents generation worked hard but never spent any money always assuming they would live to a ripe old age.
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It's obviously not about money, he was trying to say that one should not pass everything off until you are older, because there is always a Chance that you wont get old.
Re: Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, has died
#23I wonder how he died?
He looked otherwise healthy I wonder if it was something related to sleep apnea.
Ryan Davis from Giantbomb also died suddenly while on his honeymoon.
http://www.giantbomb.com/ryan-davis/3040-93335/forums/ryan-d...
Re: Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, has died
#24I will take this time to write something I wrote on Steve Jobs death: go get a comprehensive health check today. In our community, we are data driven about everything, except our health and body. I will copy what I wrote 1304 days ago, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3080327 In January 2009 I was Stage 5 chronic kidney disease, in July 2009 I had a kidney transplant. Looking back there were so many telltale sign…
What do you mean by comprehensive health check? What tests should I do? I do yearly physicals, but I feel they are mostly "feel good" exercises.
Re: Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, has died
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Re: Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, has died
#26I will take this time to write something I wrote on Steve Jobs death: go get a comprehensive health check today. In our community, we are data driven about everything, except our health and body. I will copy what I wrote 1304 days ago, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3080327 In January 2009 I was Stage 5 chronic kidney disease, in July 2009 I had a kidney transplant. Looking back there were so many telltale sign…
What do you mean by comprehensive health check? What tests should I do? I do yearly physicals, but I feel they are mostly "feel good" exercises.
Do they draw blood and ask for a urine sample? Do they make you strip down and examine you from head to toe? Do they make you "turn and cough"? Do they listen to your heart and lungs? Do they look in your mouth? Do they look in your eye? Do they ask you about your health history?
If some or all of these are "no", it's not a comprehensive exam.
Re: Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, has died
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
When I started to see similar things happen to friends or acquaintances when I was about the same age every time I heard of someone getting sick or dying prematurely I would say to myself "time to buy that Porsche you always wanted". So I did. My parents generation worked hard but never spent any money always assuming they would live to a ripe old age.
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What good is all that money if you don't live to spend/change the world with it?
Re: Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, has died
#28I will take this time to write something I wrote on Steve Jobs death: go get a comprehensive health check today. In our community, we are data driven about everything, except our health and body. I will copy what I wrote 1304 days ago, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3080327 In January 2009 I was Stage 5 chronic kidney disease, in July 2009 I had a kidney transplant. Looking back there were so many telltale sign…
What do you mean by comprehensive health check? What tests should I do? I do yearly physicals, but I feel they are mostly "feel good" exercises.
Usually it's a physical combined with a comprehensive blood test. They look for elevated enzymes that could be indicative of various issues.
Re: Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, has died
#29I will take this time to write something I wrote on Steve Jobs death: go get a comprehensive health check today. In our community, we are data driven about everything, except our health and body. I will copy what I wrote 1304 days ago, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3080327 In January 2009 I was Stage 5 chronic kidney disease, in July 2009 I had a kidney transplant. Looking back there were so many telltale sign…
What do you mean by comprehensive health check? What tests should I do? I do yearly physicals, but I feel they are mostly "feel good" exercises.
They are feel good exercises, until they aren't ... Don't think of all OK result as money wasted, its insurance to catch any chronic illness in time.
I would consider tests comprehensive if tests all major internal organs (kidney, liver, heart, spleen + common cancers depending on gender/age), you can come up with one after talking to a physician. Because I am based in India, I can only recommend India specific one, https://www.apollohospitals.com/preventive-health-care-check... are generally good.
Re: Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, has died
#30I will take this time to write something I wrote on Steve Jobs death: go get a comprehensive health check today. In our community, we are data driven about everything, except our health and body. I will copy what I wrote 1304 days ago, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3080327 In January 2009 I was Stage 5 chronic kidney disease, in July 2009 I had a kidney transplant. Looking back there were so many telltale sign…
Yes, absolutely this. And I'd like to add that one should also practice sickness prevention in addition to health problem fixing. Just like you'd like to avoid writing imperative spaghetti code in programming, it's also a good idea to not live a "spaghetti" life-style. That is, avoid the urge to frequently overwork and under-sleep, the sedimentary life-style of excess food/drink and insufficient exercise, and the constant self-applied pressure that you have to be better than someone else right now. Instead, go for a balanced life of work and rest, plenty of exercise, and trust yourself that you're going at a good pace and all good things take time.
Also, avoid being caught in modern media's constant drive toward polarizing sensationalism; your own life is actually fair simpler and more enjoyable than the internet and TV would have you believe (if you live in the first world)