[HN Gopher] Open Source and Mental Health
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Open Source and Mental Health
Author : qznc
Score : 20 points
Date : 2021-06-12 18:25 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.redox-os.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.redox-os.org)
| prepend wrote:
| It sounds like there's no evidence that the committer committed
| suicide and this post is based on an assumption that ve did. I
| think the author's heart is in the right place and the mental
| health advice is helpful to all, but it seems off to assume
| suicide without some confirmation from family or friends.
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| I had a friend who committed suicide and the friend and her
| family did not want the cause of death public.
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| The US cause of death is private and would be considered a
| privacy violation if disclosed by a healthcare provider.
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| Perhaps in the future, not speculating or disclosing non-public
| cause of death would still be possible as part of a helpful
| article.
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| I apologize if I misread and the cause was publicly known. Even
| though the contributor's real name wasn't used in the article,
| this can be really sensitive and painful if ever linked to the
| individual.
| jackpot51 wrote:
| I talked privately with others, and am fairly sure suicide was
| the cause of death. There were attempts in the past that I was
| unaware of until right before I wrote this article. I don't see
| what your point really is with this comment, but I expect just
| as much from hacker news.
| nickik wrote:
| Really sad, I enjoyed his blog posts and he seemed energetic.
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| I had no idea he was so young, but it was GSoC so that makes
| sense.
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| All the best to his friends and family.
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