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AMA GNU/Linux Resources m y subreddits front - all - random | gadgets - sports - gam ing - pics - worldnews - videos - askreddit - aww - m usic - funny - news - m ovies - books - europe - history - food - philosophy - television - jokes - artm- odriye -»space linux comments related Want to join? Log in or sign up in seconds. | English Ian Murdock Dead and tweeting about police brutality. How did he die!? ( ) im g.sauf.ca search 173 subm itted 12 hours ago by urgahlurgah 86 comments share all 86 comments - sorted by: best this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2015 [–] bugman80 22 points 12 hours ago 173 points (83% upvoted) wtf happened to this guy?!?! shortlink: https://redd.it/3ytodk permalink save report give gold reply [–] StraightFlush777 25 points 7 hours ago This is some details from The Register : username password According to the San Francisco police, officers were called to Steiner and Union St in the city at 11.30pm on remember me reset password login Saturday, December 26, following reports of a man trying to break into a home – that man was identified as Ian Murdock. He reportedly fought with the cops, and was given a ticket for two counts of assault and one for obstruction of an officer. The techie had been drinking, according to the police logs. A medic arrived to treat an abrasion to Murdock's forehead, and he was released so he could be taken to hospital. A few hours later, on Sunday, December 27 at 2.40am, police were called again to reports of Murdock banging on the door of a neighbor at the very same block. A medic arrived to treat him for any injuries at the scene. Next, the cops took Murdock to the county jail where he was held in a cell. Murdock was bailed later that day, on Sunday, after a bond, said to be $25,000, was paid. He died the next day. discuss this ad on reddit His family has asked people to respect their privacy during this difficult time. Submit a new link permalink save parent report give gold reply [–] scharty 10 points 5 hours ago Submit a new text post If there's one thing we learned in 2015 it's that we can't trust cops in this country. permalink save parent report give gold reply [–] F22Rapture 27 points 4 hours ago linux We shouldn't jump to conclusions however. subscribe 190,768 readers Ian claims he was arrested for "knocking on his neighbor's door." Considering the police aren't normally called on 435 users here now people that are just "knocking on their neighbor's door," it's somewhat likely that there's a bit more to the story. Rules permalink save parent report give gold reply [–] toogoneforthis 13 points 4 hours ago This is not a support forum! Head to /r/linuxquestions or /r/linux4noobs for support I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that the cops were really directly involved in his death. I'm no expert but it or help. certainly sounds like he was experiencing some mental heath issues at this time and being intoxicated may have No NSFW posts. made him more likely to act without fully considering his actions. No memes, image macros or rage comics This site even believes he tweeted "i'm committing suicide tonight.. do not intervene as i have many stories to tell (head to /r/linuxmemes) and do not want them to die with me" a couple of days ago. No links to sites that require a login (i.e. To me I think the take away lesson here if he did commit suicide is that more needs to be done to help people with Facebook) their mental health. This is a person who was incredibly successful and very smart and talented and yet he too No URL shorteners, including wp.me, bit.ly, may have fallen to something which possibly could have been prevented had proper action been taken. goo.gl. I'm not trying to suggest with any authority that he did commit suicide I'm just trying to point out that we Urgent spam filter requests: Message the shouldn't jump to conclusions and start blaming anyone until the details get cleared up (which may never mods and include link happen). Please submit the original article. permalink save parent report give gold reply Spamblog submissions are subject to removal and readers are encouraged to [–] a_tsunami_of_rodents -3 points 3 hours ago report them. and yet he too may have fallen to something which possibly could have been prevented had proper action been taken. GNU/Linux is a free and open source software operating system for computers. If you believe modern psychiatry has any significant success rate in "curing" mental illness you're wrong. It The operating system is a collection of the makes it worse about as often as it makes it less and it never "cures" anything. It alleviates symptoms at best. basic instructions that tell the electronic parts of the computer what to do and how A lot of antidepressants are interestingly enough associated with an increased risk of suicide. These are to work. Free, Libre and open source controlled trials by the way, mere correlation is ruled out, people who get the actual drug are more likely to software (FLOSS) means that everyone has attempt suicide than those who get the placebo. the freedom to use it, see how it works, and change it. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/child-and-a-mental-health/antidepressant-medications-for-children- GNU/Linux is a collaborative effort between and-adolescents-information-for-parents-and-caregivers.shtml the GNU project, formed in 1983 to develop permalink save parent report give gold reply the GNU operating system and the development team of Linux, a kernel. [–] Shirinator 2 points 2 hours ago Initially Linux was intended to develop into A lot of antidepresants are "associated" with increased risk of suicide because MOTIVATION IS THE FIRST an operating system of its own, but these plans were shelved somewhere along the THING THAT COMES BACK. way. Also we now have linked a number of genes with classes of medication and maybe in 5 years time genetic Linux is also used without GNU in screening will be a part of diagnosis. embedded systems, mobile phones and appliances, often with BusyBox or other permalink save parent report give gold reply such embedded tools. [–] a_tsunami_of_rodents 1 point 2 hours ago* A lot of antidepresants are "associated" with increased risk of suicide because MOTIVATION IS THE What is free software? FIRST THING THAT COMES BACK. Basic history of GNU/Linux You say this like this some-how alters the situation and that what th reason is that causes it some- One man's fight for free software how changes it. Does that this is the reason some-how alleviate the risk or change the story that psychiatry is quite- Join us on IRC at #r/linux on often counter-effective? Does this alter that possibility that SSRi's could've driven Murdock to suicide freenode.net! sooner rather than postponed or cancelled it? Don't post image-macros, rage comics, or Also we now have linked a number of genes with classes of medication and maybe in 5 years time other drivel here. genetic screening will be a part of diagnosis. Frequently Asked Questions Maybe, maybe not, but Ian Murdock will not die in five years, he died a couple of days back and I find this whole mentality of "Every solution has a problem" to be flawed. People always seem to assume a- AMA priori that something could've been done about whatever problem. The truth of the matter is that often problems can't easily be fixed and quite often in desperation of trying to fix it you just worsen it. Matthew Miller permalink save parent report give gold reply Matthew Garrett [–] rich000 1 point 1 hour ago Greg Kroah-Hartman I'll agree that psychiatry today isn't terribly effective (though the rest of medicine isn't terribly better). I think this is cause to start taking it more seriously. GNU/Linux resources: That is only going to happen by more study. Where there are effective treatments (even imperfect GNU/Linux Related: ones) they should be made more accessible. The question isn't whether psychiatry causes suicide, but whether it does more harm than good. Kernel permalink save parent report give gold reply GNU [–] a_tsunami_of_rodents 1 point 1 hour ago LinuxAdmin The question isn't whether psychiatry causes suicide, but whether it does more harm than LinuxDev good. LinuxDevices Well, in this specific case it was about stopping a suicide. So that's the relevant issue here I FreeGaming / OpenSourceGames / would say. LinuxGaming "more harm than good" is a fairly vague term though. LinuxMemes permalink save parent report give gold reply LinuxQuestions / Linux4noobs [–] rich000 [score hidden] 59 m inutes ago DistroHopping / DistroReviews [↗] Obviously you need to look at individual treatments and not psychiatry as a whole. If a Linux Weekly News particular treatment is effective it should be available even if others are black magic. Distributions: permalink save parent report give gold reply Arch continue this thread Debian [–] swartkrans -3 points 3 hours ago Fedora Found the scientologist. Gentoo permalink save parent report give gold reply openSUSE [–] Eriner_ 1 point 2 hours ago OpenWRT SSRI's aim to provide the urge to be active. This is how they 'treat' (the symptoms of) depression. It's not a far stretch to think that they make you feel more active to commit suicide. Especially in this case, Slackware where alcohol was involved.
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