[HN Gopher] Michael F. Flynn has died
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Michael F. Flynn has died
Author : danielam
Score : 46 points
Date : 2023-10-03 21:05 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote:
| Note that this is not Michael T. Flynn who is a retired general
| and former adviser to President Trump.
| niuzeta wrote:
| Thank you. I was rather confused to see this in HN.
| Apocryphon wrote:
| I had thought that, like the former president, his middle
| initial is J. Turns out Michael J. Flynn is actually a computer
| scientist of some renown:
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Flynn
| Nuzzerino wrote:
| Correct but I probably wouldn't have felt the need to mention
| that in this memorial thread.
| Uehreka wrote:
| I wasn't sure if it was the Trump advisor because I don't
| know his middle initial. I hadn't heard of the writer, so I
| appreciated the clarification.
| sk55 wrote:
| It's a good clarification. I initially assumed it was the
| other person.
| csdreamer7 wrote:
| I thought the same thing as well.
| Nuzzerino wrote:
| The middle initial being included is often a subtle but
| pointed hint to that effect.
| SoftTalker wrote:
| Yeah that's who I thought of; the only Michael Flynn I've heard
| of.
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Flynn_(writer)
| throw0101a wrote:
| Wrote (about) more than just sci-fi. His timeline of the
| development from heliocentric to geocentrism, "The Great
| Ptolemaic Smackdown", is a fun read; table of contents:
|
| * https://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-great-ptolemaic-sma...
|
| So is his five-part series laying out Aristotle's first way
| argument about the Unmoved Mover:
|
| * https://tofspot.blogspot.com/2014/07/first-way-some-backgrou...
|
| * https://tofspot.blogspot.com/2014/08/first-way-moving-tale.h...
|
| * https://tofspot.blogspot.com/2014/09/first-way-part-ii-two-l...
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| * https://tofspot.blogspot.com/2014/10/first-way-part-iii-big-...
|
| * https://tofspot.blogspot.com/2014/11/first-way-part-iv-casca...
| DennisP wrote:
| I'm a big fan of his book _The Wreck of the River of Stars_ , and
| think a lot of people here would like it.
|
| The _River of Stars_ is an interplanetary craft, originally
| driven by solar sail, with snazzy new fusion drives recently
| added. The crew combines new fusion people and sail
| traditionalists, and they don 't like each other. The story is
| part engineering, part psychology; everybody does what they think
| is best for the ship, but they don't communicate well and
| unfortunate things happen.
| merlincorey wrote:
| Just purchased it in hardcover based on your quick summary.
| eichin wrote:
| "At his death, he had a lot of tabs open on his browser"
|
| (while it is intended as a testimony to his lifelong curiosity -
| maybe ponder that no, you really _aren 't_ going to get to all of
| those tabs and can let some of them go...)
| Apocryphon wrote:
| .
|
| _In the country of the blind_ is a great speculative historical
| sci-fi thriller, and was how I first learned about Taylorism. A
| fun read.
|
| https://books.google.com/books?id=2MrNykSR2WkC&newbks=1&newb...
| EdwardCoffin wrote:
| I'll second that and add in _The Nanotech Chronicles_ , which
| was way ahead of its time in pondering implications of
| nanotechnology.
| seydor wrote:
| How many Oculus Quest can you buy with 2 billion dollars?
| efitz wrote:
| I am sorry for your loss. I hope that you have many happy
| memories of your time with your dad that can provide you some
| comfort as you grieve.
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