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I was wondering why they'd run an article with that title. It sounds like an obituary.

Instead, it's just somebody submitting old links.

Nothing wrong with old links on HN! as long as they have been discussed in a while.

Indeed, what's up with the "mad scientist" bit?

Given his presentation style, that isn't a farfetched description.

One of my favorite parts of Cuckoo's Egg is when Cliff asks a lawyer if he should wear a tie to court.

The lawyer responds something along the lines of "At your level of abstraction, it doesn't make any difference".

I saw him speak at a Dayton Hamvention a few years back. His energy and delivery is very much more than the usual speaker.

His hair is often rather wild, adding to the appearance of a mad scientist.