[solutionyogi]

That's a really sad news.

He hasn't deleted his Hacker News Account yet. He last commented 27 days ago.

http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=MarkPilgrim

[I loved his blog and I wish someone has archive for it. I did not archive it locally because Mark used to write articles about long term archival of his data and I didn't think he would ever delete all his public writings.]

[inconditus]

A July snapshot: http://web.archive.org/web/20110718034434/http://diveintomar.... The newer ones may be able to be retrieved through Google cache.

[naner]

He hasn't deleted his Hacker News Account yet.

I don't believe you can delete an HN account.

[scq]

I think you can email pg to delete your account.

[ansy]

PG does not typically delete accounts; he just disables the login. All of the comments and submissions are still there under the original name.

[irrumator]

The poor man's HN account delete: change email, change pass to random gibberish, logout.

You're free.

Until the next account.

[cynest]

That's not necessarily the point. The most important use of a delete account functionality is to protect one's own privacy should you not want to be personally connected to statements you made anonymously.

[irrumator]

That's the great thing about the internet and pseudonyms :)