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ActivityPub's Evan Prodromou (currently developing E2EE) hit by truck:(

by maverick74 on 7/30/24, 4:25 PM with 11 comments

• by ZuLuuuuuu on 7/30/24, 5:05 PM

  I wish him a speedy and full recovery. It is no joke, the results could have been worse.

  A few years ago, when returning back from work, I was hit by a bus while crossing the road and had some of the similar injuries. Fortunately, the laws here (Belgium) are firm and it was considered as work related accident because it happened while I was returning from work. Stayed at the hospital for 3 weeks, and then stayed at home for about 1.5 more months for recovery.

  And I was the only software developer at a tech company at the time. Bus factor is real: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor

• by AdmiralAsshat on 7/30/24, 5:23 PM

  The engineer can put on his resume that he once gathered real-world data on testing his company's bus factor risk!

• by renewiltord on 7/30/24, 5:32 PM

  Jesus Christ. Glad he's alive. Healdsburg is semi-rural so people do drive like crazy around there.

  About the health situation, if he had any insurance he should be okay. I had nominal hundreds of thousands of dollars in bills but ended up paying $2k. When you're unconscious as he likely was, you can't be surprise billed and everything is in-network. Hope he was as on his wife's insurance or something.

  I wasn't even an LPR when I was hit. Just work visa.

• by jessamyn on 8/2/24, 11:49 PM

  Getting stronger and better every day Evan; best wishes for the speediest recovery possible.

• by ErikAugust on 7/30/24, 5:08 PM

  “And I'm real damn sure that anyone can, equally easily fuck you over”

  These Modest Mouse lyrics come to mind always when I hear about someone being hit by a motor vehicle. “Easily fuck you over”.

• by dzonga on 7/30/24, 5:22 PM

  wishing him a speedy recovery.