[naradaellis]

Who knows what was going through his mind when he decided enough was enough. I think your comment lacks compassion, and that is a shame because one might argue that lack of compassion is getting to the root of the reasons behind his suicide.

[sneak]

> Who knows what was going through his mind when he decided enough was enough.

Who knows what's going through anyone's mind when they are being productive, either?

We hackers go by output, which is why his article is about being more productive.

Compassion or no, it's fundamentally hypocritical to espouse productivity as a virtue and then do an about-face in your own personal choices.

[CompelTechnic]

>Compassion or no, it's fundamentally hypocritical to espouse productivity as a virtue and then do an about-face in your own personal choices.

It need not be hypocritical to perform actions that disregard one of your claimed virtues, as long as said actions are in line with some of your other claimed virtues (or in line with well-founded consequentialist-type reasoning).

A man who preaches courage may find himself on a battlefield where courageous action leads to certain death, and would be wise to retreat to safety.