The positive contributions he never got a chance to make are sad to contemplate.

Discussions at the time:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5046845

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5048820

Blog post in 2016 by Noah, Aaron's brother: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10881413

Thanks for posting this

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