[itp]

I can't speak to any current events, but I was an employee of Ximian, formerly Helix Code, from 2000 to 2004. I also lived with [name redacted] for a year around 2001 and/or 2002, when we lived just down the street from Nat.

Nat and [name redacted] were always exceptionally close, which I always found confusing. [name redacted] was intense, passionate, charismatic, but also had troubled and troubling relationships with people, _particularly_ women. [name redacted] was, if I remember correctly, let go from Ximian when he failed to arrive to work every day by noon for one week straight (we lived a 5 to 10 minute walk from the office).

Even after [name redacted] was let go, he and Nat remained fast friends.

[_o68p]

The lateness thing is very spot on. I have text messages of him accusing me on intentionally trying to hurt his feelings because I didn't want to sit around for hours waiting for him in a public place alone so he could finish at the gym because he "forgot" we were supposed to meet up.

This was the beginning of a long chain of emotionally abusive, controlling, and manipulative behaviors.

[Mandatum]

Did you consult a lawyer before posting this? Given how litigious some folk in SV are, I'd be wary. Microsoft doesn't tend to help fund defamation suits, they're not quite Oracle, but you never know.

Also.. This seems to have disappeared from the front page.

[_o68p]

I'm aware of my rights.

In regards to the front-page, there's a lot of downvotes. Went from 160 upvotes to 121 in a matter of minutes. I suspect bots.

[caslon]

Submissions can't be downvoted on Hacker News, only comments. The site does fuzzing of posts it thinks are being fraudulently voted up.

[_o68p]

Well, that was really strange then. I don't know who would have defrauded the votes, because it certainly wasn't me.

[betsydupuis]

Reach out on Keybase if you can. I'd like to know more.

[betsydupuis]

Thank you for this.