[hydrogenbonds]

I'm pretty sure that for most of these posts, this is how it goes for HN users:

- no idea who this guy is, let's spend 5-10 minutes of my life to find out

- hmm yeah, he did good

- upvote

But maybe we keep doing this for post after post, wasting time and learning stuff that won't help us achieves our actual objectives.

[rvz]

Of course that the majority of HN folks here know that Grant has had a major influence in their lives and engineering careers, so they will pay their respects here, which they should. My deepest condolences to Mr Imahara's family.

Unfortunately on HN, it now seems to depend on some other things to be able to pay your respects to here. We lost Kobe Bryant (NBA basketball player) and some (including me) wanted to pay their respects here, but it was repeatedly flagged and censored immediately.

[sanitycheck]

I would guess that around 90% of HN's US users have watched Mythbusters, and probably 30-40% of users from elsewhere - which might be half the people reading this post. If you don't know it, I'd totally recommend it - especially the ones with Grant in (S4-13?)

Anyway, I'm really sorry to hear this - seemed like a great guy and, as others have said, a fantastic role model.

[rbanffy]

HNers should also watch him as Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek Continues. It's a fan series that manages to perfectly recreate the original Star Trek, down to set lighting and acting style. It's truly a work of love.

[naavis]

Or maybe the person actually had an effect on many people here, and they are legitimately sad that he passed away?

[xsmasher]

I didn't understand why people cried when John Lennon died; they didn't even know him, right?

Then when I heard Elliot Smith died and I had to pull over for a while and I got it.