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I interned at Grooveshark two summers ago; Josh incredibly changed my life for the better. The Summer with the Sharks program was transformative and catapulted me out of Louisiana and into the world of tech. He's such a happy and charismatic personality; the company outings, like going to Disneyworld, are some of my best memories. Talk about a life gone too soon. I'm pouring one out for Josh tonight.
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Unless Andres Torres is involved, there's likely no connection: "While visiting St. Petersburg [to celebrate friend Andres Torres's birthday], Vasquez was shot in the chest after a verbal argument with Andres Torres [in a Publix supermarket]." [0] I'm having some difficulty discovering the details of Mr. Torres's conviction and sentencing, but it has only been a year and a half since that shooting. My gut tells me th…
Still in jail awaiting trial - http://www.pcsoweb.com/InmateBooking/SubjectResults.aspx?id=...
'Twould be nice if we were more reasonable about the things we make crimes so the justice system had the resources needed to mete out justice in a timely fashion to real dangers to society. :)
I notice that there is a bond assessment for the kidnapping charge, but not the murder charge. Does that mean that he cannot get out on bail, or does it mean that if he posts $150k, he can get out on bail?
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motive is what exactly? They complete wiped the floor with them in court, what is gained by killing someone after that?
Had he made any public statements regarding trade treaties? Without knowing what's in the treaties, it's tough to gauge how motivated the behind the scenes players are, and how far they would go.
Keep in mind that there are health conditions that can kill seemingly healthy young adults instantly - aneurisms, heart attacks, brain cancers, and others. I'm reminded of one of my dogs dying of hemangiosarcoma - a cancer of the blood vessel linings that thankfully only happens to dogs, not humans. In many cases, the way we find out a dog has hemangiosarcoma is that the dog suddenly just drops dead. (In Rubu's case,…
Yeah. Deaths from undiagnosed heart conditions make the news every so often when it happens to young athletes. Sometimes very young. I believe just in the past few years, defibrillators have become standard equipment at football grounds in Spain and England.
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I don't think anyone is expecting "enhance enhance enhance ah, this person had $SUBSTANCE in their blood", but months does feel a bit long. It'd be interesting to see what the bottlenecks are and how to improve them.
State and local gov't funding level for forensic labs. It costs money to do it correctly, and nobody wants to spend that kind of money, even though we wind up paying more, and imprisoning people wrongly. http://www.texastribune.org/2013/04/05/commission-looks-misc... Harris county, Texas just recently got a new one because of similarly disturbing corruption and incompetence. http://www.harriscountytx.gov/ifs/
There's no need to perform a speculative autopsy on HN; I request the mods dispense strong guidance to posters in this thread.
Seconded; speculating about a person's demise before they're even in the ground is in stupendously bad taste. Family and friends (and others) don't want to read that crap. Give it a rest, people.
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.
Josh's last words to me on an email.
"toxicology results would be done in two or three months" This seems like a long time, is it normal?
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 in getting to know each candidate. He was frenetic and unflinching in his desire to succeed.
Josh cared about his team, and he never let the negative chains of events that plagued Grooveshark over the years get the best of him. He kept a sticker on his desk that said, "this too shall pass", and even in the worst times, he'd give a wry smile and crack a joke to let everyone know that things weren't as bad as they seemed.
I spoke with Josh at a bar downtown about two weeks ago, and he was again in good spirits. He had a new idea for a startup that he was preparing to begin work on in earnest, and he seemed genuinely excited about his path forward. In talking about Grooveshark, it was evident that closing that chapter in his life was a weight off his shoulders.
Needless to say, I'm extremely sad to see Josh go. He was a dear friend and a hell of a human being. He opened countless doors for hundreds of people and helped create a true startup community here in Gainesville. Josh, you will be sorely missed.