[infecto]

While this thread is by no means as formal of an event. Picture yourself at someones memorial service, before/during/after the service you bring up a topic that is orthogonal to the person's life and frames it about yourself instead of the person being memorialized. Its just a bit weird.

[adammarples]

Now picture yourself a million miles from that, on a semi anonymous third-tier comment thread on a bulletin board

[ignoramous]

LARPing is likely Internet's favourite pass-time.

[prepend]

Life in general, really.

Check out Finite and Infinite Games by Carse.

[yau8edq12i]

Memorial service? What are you on about? In all likelihood, nobody here had met the guy, and HN would hardly even be on his radar. Picture yourself at a coffee place discussing some celebrity's life event and maybe it won't be so weird anymore.

[davrosthedalek]

I think you are underestimating the reach of HN. While I personally didn't know Jim, I know several people who did. And I know many people, me included, who benefited from his generosity and support of science.

[jandrewrogers]

As an anecdote of one, I knew him.