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by nchelluri 3828 days ago
> We don’t seem to have a cultural construct for good people who made mistakes.

Well said man, I think that remembering him because he

> was also the kind of man who’d not only call and verify my identity, but reaffirm an insecure high school nerd’s ability to meaningfully contribute to the world at large.

Is an excellent form of memorial. This is my favorite post about the guy, who was not on my radar before this week. (Though, I have used Debian and regularly use Ubuntu.)