[dstick]

Ok let me geek out a little. Terry Pratchett was a god among man. A truly special human being whose works are on par with the likes of Shakespeare and Wagner in describing and exploring human nature.

He's well known for his fantasy novels, but he was also a humanist and an advocate for the right to die. Here's a great documentary by him, on that subject:

https://vimeo.com/229120539

GNU Terry!

On a more Hackernews note, there's a special HTTP response header that is secretly used worldwide to honor Terry. X-Clacks-Overhead. A reference to the books in which it is said that a person never dies as long as his name is sent over Clacks (the Discworld internet / telegram).

There are lots of big sites doing it, because some developer snuck it in: https://webtechsurvey.com/response-header/x-clacks-overhead

Mozilla, Debian, XML, Python, VLC - it's heartwarming.

[hyperman1]

It's the first time I see other names than Terry's in that header. But it makes sense, of course.

[travisgriggs]

Thank you for sharing this. Going Postal was my first Pratchett book. I did not know about this X-Clacks-Overhead. This has made my day, and nearly brought tears to my eyes.