George Goble has died(legacy.com)

156 points by finaard 6 months ago | 32 comments

Colorado Amended SB051 (Age Verification Bill) to Exclude Open Source Projects(legiscan.com)

202 points by ki4jgt 5 months ago | 64 comments

Communication by means of modulated Johnson noise(pnas.org)

53 points by austinallegro 1 month ago | 28 comments

A refined phylochronology of the second plague pandemic in Western Eurasia(pnas.org)

19 points by Thevet 1 month ago | 0 comments

Larry Tesler: A Personal History of Modeless Text Editing and Cut/Copy-Paste (2012)(dl.acm.org)

37 points by aragonite 6 months ago | 8 comments

Into the depths of C: Elaborating the de facto standards (2016)(dl.acm.org)

26 points by rramadass 1 month ago | 1 comments

Kris Nóva has died(nivenly.org)

776 points by chrkl 3 years ago | 110 comments

Nivenly Foundation blog post announcing the death of its founder Kris Nóva, who inspired the creation of Hachyderm and Nivenly.

Chuck Norris has died(variety.com)

642 points by mp3il 7 months ago | 385 comments

Variety news obituary reporting the death of actor and martial artist Chuck Norris, star of Walker, Texas Ranger.

Robert Dennard, DRAM Pioneer, has died(spectrum.ieee.org)

341 points by jnord 2 years ago | 28 comments

IEEE Spectrum obituary article reporting the death of DRAM inventor Robert Dennard at 91, alongside remembrances of other IEEE members.

John Walker, founder of Autodesk, has died(scanalyst.fourmilab.ch)

1015 points by jdougan 2 years ago | 204 comments

Obituary forum post on Scanalyst announcing the death of John Walker, Autodesk founder and Fourmilab creator, on February 2, 2024, with a biography.

Quincy Jones has died(apnews.com)

359 points by gfortaine 2 years ago | 86 comments

AP News obituary reporting that Quincy Jones, the music producer who worked with Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson, has died at 91.

Dolly Parton has died(theguardian.com)

1464 points by helsinkiandrew 2 months ago | 222 comments

Guardian obituary news article reporting that Dolly Parton, country singer, actor and philanthropist, has died aged 80.