[jvanderbot]

I met Vint at the Kech Institute for Space Studies. He arrived to help us look at in-space data centers for planetary science throughout the solar system. He was a big proponent of delay-tolerant networking and other useful networking stacks, so he was the "rep" for that layer of problems.

Just the nicest guy you could imagine. He took the note-takers job during our breakouts, had beers with us after the session, and asked really good questions and never asserted anything the whole time.

What a legend.

[ixaxaar]

Apparently there's "more to come" and its not a complete retirement.

[skeeter2020]

true - my first reaction was this seems like a weird milestone, as people like Vint Cerf don't really retire and stop, just change how & where they contribute. This seems like a nothing story pushed by TC and Google PR, more than a real event.

[ixaxaar]

For a moment there I read "TC" and was like "the candidate"?!?!

[nout]

Work induced brain damage... ;)

[munificent]

I mean, he's 83. No one's battery runs forever.

[lrem]

In his recent goodbye meeting he very much gave off a "I will die at my desk" kind of energy. Quite unstoppable.

[justin66]

It’s hard to imagine that guy sitting still.

[waste_monk]

I had the pleasure of attending a presentation he held a bit over a decade ago (public event hosted by the university, back when I was a student).

I didn't get an opportunity to talk to him personally after the event as there was a large queue of senior academics and other VIPs already waiting, but I did see him taking the time to talk first to some school-aged kids who had attended.

He seems like a really nice, humble guy, and looked genuinely happy to be encouraging the kids' interest in the sciences.