It doesn’t matter what community he is part of, nor who he is. He’s a hacker, a father of two beautiful girls and a husband. He’s being robbed of his life, and his daughters robbed of their father.
What matters is we can help. All of us — some of us (me) have been lucky enough to get help and support when we needed it most from people we didn’t expect it from.
We can help him; we can help his family. Even if only a little, and even though we know what the future will hold. So let's just do it.
Skip the squabbling over politics; national healthcare, etc. It doesn't matter - what matters is him and his family, right now.
Lots of people die, lots of people have terrible diseases. And I sometimes cry when I read these stories. The amount of hurt in this world unimaginable.
Hold on there. While it's certainly unfortunate that the top thread ended up as a debate of internal HN issues, there is within it a legitimate desire to help. When I saw that this was the intent of the parent, I posted in that thread so that anyone scanning the top of the page would regain the context needed to see the gravity of the original article.
To be fair, it looked (to me, anyway) to be out of genuine concern that the change to the title would reduce the interest of people on HN who could see the post and maybe help out Aaron.
What matters is we can help. All of us — some of us (me) have been lucky enough to get help and support when we needed it most from people we didn’t expect it from.
We can help him; we can help his family. Even if only a little, and even though we know what the future will hold. So let's just do it.
Skip the squabbling over politics; national healthcare, etc. It doesn't matter - what matters is him and his family, right now.