Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'
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Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'
#2Why was he doing drugs?
Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'
#3Why was he doing drugs?
For recreational purposes most likely? It's sad that this highly intelligent person has died, but drugs are a thing. And people do them, and sometimes it gets out of hand and those people die. There's nothing too unique about this.
Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'
#4Why was he doing drugs?
For recreational purposes most likely? It's sad that this highly intelligent person has died, but drugs are a thing. And people do them, and sometimes it gets out of hand and those people die. There's nothing too unique about this.
This whole thing sounds highly suspicious. There was also no reason for the downvote.
Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'
#5How well know was he? Will HN have a black banner to remember him?
Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'
#6He died in July but the autopsy has only just been made available? Or did the news of his death just fall off the radar so much that no one checked the coroner's office earlier? (coroner reports in newsworthy cases are generally public record)
For reference sake, Paul Walker, the star of "Fast and Furious", had his autopsy reported on today but he died on Nov. 30 (roughly 35 days) http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/03/paul-walker-autopsy-report-rog...
Michael Hastings, the Rolling Stone reporter who also died in a car accident, died in mid-June and his autopsy report was made available in mid-August: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/21/michael-hasting...
Both of those deaths may have been more in the news than Barnaby Jack's, but they also involved fiery car crashes. It's possible that Barnaby Jack's death was just forgotten about, which is not unheard of (how many people not related to you can you recall the date of their deaths, a month later?). I guess you can assume that news orgs don't follow up as quickly on non-celebrities, and that tech advocates don't do as much public records requesting.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
For recreational purposes most likely? It's sad that this highly intelligent person has died, but drugs are a thing. And people do them, and sometimes it gets out of hand and those people die. There's nothing too unique about this.
This whole thing sounds highly suspicious. There was also no reason for the downvote.
Any specific reasons why it sounds highly suspicious?
I don't mind theories, but just throwing that out there with literally no supporting evidence is just a waste of energy.
Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
For recreational purposes most likely? It's sad that this highly intelligent person has died, but drugs are a thing. And people do them, and sometimes it gets out of hand and those people die. There's nothing too unique about this.
This whole thing sounds highly suspicious. There was also no reason for the downvote.
I was not the person who downvoted.
I do agree that the timing is very suspicious, and i'm sure this will be construed as some kind of conspiracy- but realistically, considering the kind of death; I think it's most reasonable to accept that this was a standard mixed drug overdose death.
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#9I remember the conspiracy theories surrounding his death so close to the event where he would reveal how to hack pace makers...
Since his family/friends said nothing and he had drug problems in the past, this seemed like the most plausible reason for his death to me. Incredibly sad.
Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'
#10Why was he doing drugs?
For fun, most likely.