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Re:Man with ALS writes patch for Gnome using morse code (wit... by noonespecial on Sunday February 27, 2011 @01:50AM (#2267435)
That's what he'd be doing. Spending time with friends/family/ or bowing to the pressure that I know I'd face at work to close all the loose ends I might leave behind.

He saw a problem that needed fixing that would benefit all of us and took some of his short time to fix it for us. It was hard for him. Really hard. Hell, he could have just watched Survivor and taken it easy. If anyone in all the world deserved to, it was him. But he didn't. And so he's my hero.

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Re:Man with ALS writes patch for Gnome using morse code (wit... by Groxx on Sunday February 27, 2011 @02:23AM (#2267471)
>That's what he'd be doing. Spending time with friends/family/ or bowing to the pressure that I know I'd face at work to close all the loose ends I might leave behind.

Be practical. They aren't going to spend all the time he's around and awake with him. ALS isn't exactly fast.

Yes, lots end up wasting their last times with TV, and yes he did something hard and helpful and that's great. But lets not kid ourselves about how oh-I-should-do-that-too, my-excuses-are-lame. Different situations, different possibilities.

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