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   Michael W Lucas :flan_on_fire: (mwl@io.mwl.io)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jun-2024 01:11:30 JST Michael W Lucas :flan_on_fire:

   Mike Karels died on the way home from #BSDCan, at the age of 67.

   https://www.gearty-delmore.com/obituaries/michael-mike-karels

   This man spent 40 years working on BSD. His code appears in #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD, and everywhere.

   If you have used the Internet, you have used code he wrote.

   RIP, sir. You changed the world for the better.

   What's probably his last talk: "I don't have much to say," followed by a spellbinding eighty minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSziyKlG1ws

   [edited to remove echovita obit; apparently that's an AI scam site :flan_molotov: :flan_rage: :flan_hulk: ]

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     Dan McDonald (danmcd@hostux.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jun-2024 01:13:51 JST Dan McDonald

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     @mwl

     He was the first "elder statesman" I had actual interactions & discussions with. I found some corner-case bugs while bringing up the NRL IPv6 & IPsec code while he was at BSDI.

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