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(l)uriel has passed away

143 points| masklinn | 13 years ago |9fans.net | reply

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[+] aaronbrethorst|13 years ago|reply
For anyone else who needs more context: http://www.advogato.org/person/uriel/ and http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=uriel

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His more recent account was http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=luriel

I dug up those links because I was completely unfamiliar with uriel before seeing this post, and know nothing more about this story than that. From reading his comments, he seemed like a really smart guy. It's really a pity he's gone :-\

[+] astine|13 years ago|reply
It's worth mentioning that Uriel was one of the major contributors to http://suckless.org/ software. Things like wmii, dwm, dmenu, and other minimalist bits of software for Linux were partly his doing. He will be missed.
[+] ekianjo|13 years ago|reply
Seems like all public communication from uriel stopped about one year ago. Any idea what happened?
[+] forgotusername|13 years ago|reply
Really sorry to hear this, IRC just became a much less interesting place. My experience of Uriel is sadly limited to the occasional joust where his fabulously distinctive views of the world and technology were always apparent, and deeply admirable.

One of the old guard falls, inevitably to be replaced by 100 more squawking, jibbering, passionless "geeks" unwilling to form unique opinions of their own accord. Here's to the outliers.

[+] relix|13 years ago|reply
An unprovoked jab at newbies, way to be original. Not appropriate for the topic at hand, in my opinion.
[+] doki_pen|13 years ago|reply
What do you mean by old guard? Uriel was young, with a healthy respect for the old school, at least those ideas that deserved respect.
[+] JabavuAdams|13 years ago|reply
You should have stopped at "deeply admirable." That would have been much stronger and resistant to refutation.
[+] libria|13 years ago|reply
I only know him as a passionate advocate for Go language. He was a moderator on /r/golang and maintained a comprehensive site on Go language resources at http://go-lang.cat-v.org/. I've been to his site many times looking for libraries, books, or code samples.

If I'm not mistaken, this is his Google+: https://plus.google.com/105846208800330724949/about.

RIP, fellow programmer.

[+] pmr_|13 years ago|reply
Yes, it is. I used to have him in my circles for quite some time and his posts were among the more interesting ones.

I didn't realize up to today who he actually was.

[+] quadhome|13 years ago|reply
Uriel was responsible for curating http://cat-v.org/ - a breathtaking source of dissent against mainstream software design.
[+] 0wza|13 years ago|reply
In the comments of his that I saw in recent threads I read, I liked this guy's taste in code. For me, that's pretty rare on HN.

What the heck happened? Was he seriously ill? Judging from the commments I saw, his mind was apparently in good shape.

RIP luriel and condolences to his family.

[+] stretchwithme|13 years ago|reply
Sad. I think this is the same fellow:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q6koeeQNJY
[+] drbawb|13 years ago|reply
I've talked to him on #plan9chan, and I was quite fond of the conviction with which he held his various viewpoints.

More recently I've been following his Go related posts. The word of his passing came as quite a shock, he will be missed by many.

[+] sspiff|13 years ago|reply
His luriel account about byline is a little strange now:

> about: Undead.

[+] eternalban|13 years ago|reply
I remember/know (from back when Go was first announced) Uriel being a very helpful, insightful, and kind member of Go community. He will be missed. RIP, Uriel!
[+] phryk|13 years ago|reply
I will greatly miss uriels 'outbursts' in #suckless :(
[+] amatus|13 years ago|reply
I loved arguing with him and watching major argue with him in #vsta and #fmios. Unfortunately I can't find the IRC logs anymore.
[+] klrr|13 years ago|reply
Very sad, the few times I chatted with him on IRC he seemed very smart and wise, RIP.
[+] stevvooe|13 years ago|reply
I only knew his content.

A true loss.

[+] btw0|13 years ago|reply
Simply sad.