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140 points by throw0101a 3 hours ago | 9 comments
bastian 12 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Thank you John. From someone who knew him less but liked him just as much.

dcrazy 38 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

One thing SF and NY have in common are those luggage stores. I’ve always assumed they’re a multi-layer front: the obvious scam is selling baggage stolen off the carousel, but the deeper scam is that couriers can walk in pretending to be a customer and walk out with a suitcase full of cash.

That said, they do serve a legit purpose for when you’ve bought some souvenirs. But that can’t be enough to sustain these places.

bastawhiz 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The first time I had any exposure to Om and his work was on The GigaOm Show on Revision3 (twenty years ago!). It was still a time where I thought it was wondrous that high production-value content would be distributed online for free—YouTube and friends still hadn't found themselves with "high end" content. It felt like the future of news, and it was. He was a really pleasant guy, and really far ahead of his time.

chiefgeek an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Beautiful tribute. Godspeed.

jnaina 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Beautifully written. Om will be missed.

avilay an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Reminds of this couplet by Kabir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabir):

जब हम पैदा हुये तो जग हँसे हम रोये,

ऐसी करनी कर चलो, हम हँसे, जग रोये।

Translation: When you were born, you cried while the world rejoiced;

Live such a life that when you depart, you smile while the world weeps.

eightnoneone an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Top marks, that.

ChrisArchitect 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Some more anecdotes & discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48678852

uwagar 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

i never head of om until his death.