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A Nonny Moose

Aaron Swartz dead at 26.

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A Nonny Moose    8,261

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    Such talent. So tragic.

    One article I read stated he suffered from depression. Really too bad, and a horrible way to go. R.I.P.

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    Alejandro24    575

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    Depression? Usually the extraordinary minds have something of disease. Specially 26 years old, too young.

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    Ocram's Razr    963

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    He developed RSS and Reddit. He was very talented. Although, I heard he got in trouble with the law.

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    "Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit... But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually..." 1 Corinthians 4-11
    "Do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34
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    Duke87    1,070

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    In more recent years he got into activism. RSS and Reddit are more well known things he worked on, but he also founded Demand Progress. He later did get into trouble with the law for hacking into a repository of academic articles and downloading them all without paying for access. He was facing some serious (and excessive) punishment for that, which is probably at least part of why he killed himself.

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    Ocram's Razr    963

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    He was the founder of Demand Progress? I have signed a few of their petitions and they sent an email about him though I never read it.

    --Ocram

    Ocram's Razor: Though "more things shouldn't be used than are necessary," they're just too fun to pass up! Expect many verbose arguments from me. I will try to write abstracts before or short summaries after from now on.

    Words to live by:
    "Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit... But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually..." 1 Corinthians 4-11
    "Do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34
    "Do not judge so that you will not be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you." Matthew 7:1-3

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