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The devastating decline of Lee Holloway, one of the co-founders of Cloudflare

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  1. Deimos
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    Matthew Prince (the CEO and one of the other co-founders) has posted a couple of comments on Hacker News (as "eastdakota") about this story, including that he thinks the article is very accurate,...
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    Matthew Prince (the CEO and one of the other co-founders) has posted a couple of comments on Hacker News (as "eastdakota") about this story, including that he thinks the article is very accurate, and that he and Michelle are glad to have the story told: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22878987

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  2. mifuyne
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    That was terrifying, but illuminating. I'm afraid of neurodegenerative diseases, afraid of losing myself to them. Imagining what it's like to be his family and dealing with this was hard...but at...

    That was terrifying, but illuminating. I'm afraid of neurodegenerative diseases, afraid of losing myself to them. Imagining what it's like to be his family and dealing with this was hard...but at the end, the phrase "the shattered roadway of his mind" really highlighted the horror of Lee's situation.

    This was really heart-breaking to read, but I'm glad to have read it.

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  3. umbrae
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    Absolutely heart wrenching.

    Absolutely heart wrenching.

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  4. Surira
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    My favorite detail of the story is that his favorite band is Opeth. We're on the same page (for the metal genre, at least). But inappropriate light commentary aside, this is a truly tragic story....

    My favorite detail of the story is that his favorite band is Opeth. We're on the same page (for the metal genre, at least).

    But inappropriate light commentary aside, this is a truly tragic story. Thank you for sharing this, Deimos.

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  5. psi
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    Radiolab has a really great episode on frontotemporal dementia: Unraveling Bolero.

    Radiolab has a really great episode on frontotemporal dementia: Unraveling Bolero.

    5 votes