Okay, this probably belongs over on crdc, but until I get that back and functioning, I guess this will have to do.

Folks, this has been a crazy few weeks.

So, several weeks ago, _why vanished off of the internet. While I met him only once, I sincerely liked the guy, and his leaving had a pretty significant impact on me. I’m still not sure how to make heads or tails of it, and I’m still not sure how to react. I’m sad and angry all at once. He owed me nothing, but that doesn’t stop me from wanting to hear something, anything, from a man who publicly remarked that he wanted to, “raise me from birth.” He is an amazing person, and I think that our computing goals are similar.

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