[aEJ04Izw5HYm]

Can we take a minute to re-direct this conversation away from just the politics of SF?

I want to draw attention to Bob Lee, a well-respected technologist and prototype hacker, always curious and sharing lots of interesting technical developments. He was a great role model for how Engineers should be respected in an executive capacity as he advanced his career from 'Software' to 'Product'. His efforts contributed to technology used by millions. What happened to him is tragic and wrong; he deserved better. Thank you, I'll miss you 'crazybob'.

Please share your stories featuring Bob Lee, who I'm sure would like to be remembered for his contributions rather than as a victim of this unfortunate awful event.

[dang]

I agree and am going to partition these threads so that there's a place to remember Bob Lee that isn't an argument about current affairs.

To facilitate this, I've taken the liberty of converting your text here into a new submission (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35457341) and am going to move the relevant comments there. I hope that's ok with you (and if not, let me know and I'll rework this).

[igetspam]

Thank you.

[excerionsforte]

I wish some of the comments from below were merged into this comment for better visibility of those comments. There are things in those comments about what he did in his lifetime that are great to hear about.

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35454844

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35454971

3. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35451821

4. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35449584

[dang]

I've moved all those comments to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35457341 now and will try to find the rest that belong there and move them too.

[BigCryo]

Here is a quote from an article describing the security camera footage of the incident...

https://sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/video-appears-to-sho...

"Surveillance footage reviewed by The Standard shows Lee, who had already been stabbed, walking up Main Street away from the Bay Bridge.....Lee crosses the intersection at Harrison Street and walks up to a parked white Camry with its hazard lights flashing.

Lee then lifts his shirt—as if to show the driver his wound and ask for help—and falls to the ground after the car drives away, the footage shows. He gets up and walks back toward the Bay Bridge before falling to the ground again ....

At some point, Lee dialed 911 and repeatedly screamed for help, saying he needed to go to the hospital....

Lee was unconscious when officers found him on the ground, police said."

So looks like he was stabbed and he was wandering around in the middle of San Fran trying to get someone to help him even lifting up his shirt to show people his wound and no one would help him..

The reason our large cities are hellscapes is because in part all institutions censor dissenting comments.. cough cough cough cough...

[patcon]

Yeah, thanks so much. I actually had regret for engaging and piling on to a comment. It was pretty tasteless on my part :(