On: Cathleen Morawetz has died

[cpr]

Curious why this resonates with the HN crowd?

Reqiescat in pace.

[Mz → cpr]

The article has a lot of good info in it. There is really more here than just the fact that someone died. I had never heard of her before, but the article was an interesting read due to the content of her work, basically.

[macspoofing → cpr]

It was a nice write-up of a Mathematician I've never heard about. HN tends to have a mix of tech startup, programming and STEM-related news. I'm not surprised to see it here.

[purple-again → cpr]

Heavy cross pollination between mathematics and programming. More so in some disciplines than others. All around sad loss for humanity.

[sn9 → purple-again]

94's a good age to go. It seemed like she lived a rich and fulfilling life. We should all be so lucky.

[foobarian → cpr]

The HN crowd must be getting older. A lot older. It reminds me of how my grandparents would go straight to the obituaries in the daily newspaper, looking for their friends.

[sctb]

This is shockingly disrespectful and I'm dismayed to see this on Hacker News. It seems you won't stop abusing the community with incivility so we've banned the account.