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RIP Grant Imahara
« on: July 14, 2020, 05:10:58 am »
 
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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2020, 05:54:14 am »
Big loss for the nerd community.  :(
Brain aneurysm is scary.
 

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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2020, 06:04:55 am »
Brain aneurysm is scary.

Indeed.
I presume no warning, just  :-BROKE
 

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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2020, 06:25:59 am »
RIP :(

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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2020, 07:07:14 am »
Damn  :(  A brain aneurysm is like that scene out of the Matrix when someone just pulls your plug without warning.
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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2020, 08:30:48 am »

Of that show, I like Grant the most.  I was hoping I will see more shows from him in the future.

RIP, Grant, we'll miss you.

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Brain aneurysm is scary.

Indeed.
I presume no warning, just  :-BROKE


Regarding warning or signs -- I think it is perhaps case dependent, and likely the most significant factor is where exactly the aneurysm was.

Some years ago, I had a co-worker who died of the same thing with a late and non-specific warning.   On the day he died, he was taking the day off to see the doctor the second or the third time - to have another scan to narrow down what was wrong.  He did not live long enough to get to the doctor that day.  His aneurysm "burst" and from the condition his wife found him in, his death would have been rather quick - just slump over, in front of his laptop.

Recalling when he first talk of not feeling well, that must have been a little over a week before his death.  I spoke to him 8:30am on the day he died.  I certainly did not discern anything wrong.  He sounded so normal I thought he was just lazying out that day and I was rather annoyed that he asked me to call the customer on his behalf -- he knew I was off-site dealing with the technical end, and calling the customer was his job.  I often feel bad I was so annoyed at him (and I let my annoyance shown).  That was my last conversation with him, and that was on his last day, and I was annoyed at him...  Years later, I happen to drove by that town.  I recall where the grave was, I found it and I spend a moment with him.

With his sudden death, we (on the project team) did wonder had the doctors been able to narrow down to aneurysm sooner, would he still be around.
 
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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2020, 08:38:38 am »

Of that show, I like Grant the most.  I was hoping I will see more shows from him in the future.

RIP, Grant, we'll miss you.

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Brain aneurysm is scary.

Indeed.
I presume no warning, just  :-BROKE


Regarding warning or signs -- I think it is perhaps case dependent, and likely the most significant factor is where exactly the aneurysm was.

Some years ago, I had a co-worker who died of the same thing with a late and non-specific warning.   On the day he died, he was taking the day off to see the doctor the second or the third time - to have another scan to narrow down what was wrong.  He did not live long enough to get to the doctor that day.  His aneurysm "burst" and from the condition his wife found him in, his death would have been rather quick - just slump over, in front of his laptop.

Recalling when he first talk of not feeling well, that must have been a little over a week before his death.  I spoke to him 8:30am on the day he died.  I certainly did not discern anything wrong.  He sounded so normal I thought he was just lazying out that day and I was rather annoyed that he asked me to call the customer on his behalf -- he knew I was off-site dealing with the technical end, and calling the customer was his job.  I often feel bad I was so annoyed at him (and I let my annoyance shown).  That was my last conversation with him, and that was on his last day, and I was annoyed at him...  Years later, I happen to drove by that town.  I recall where the grave was, I found it and I spend a moment with him.

With his sudden death, we (on the project team) did wonder had the doctors been able to narrow down to aneurysm sooner, would he still be around.

The world has much more lazy dirt bags than it has folks with dodgy brain plumbing. You couldn't have known that. Don't beat yourself up.

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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2020, 09:10:06 am »
RIP.
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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2020, 11:21:46 am »
He was always entertaining to watch - a true asset on Mythbusters (the only program of his I watched).

This news is quite the shock - but, as I understand it, an aneurysm is a time bomb.  When it ruptures, it's all over.

Too soon...   too soon....
 

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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2020, 12:12:35 pm »
Very sad news, he will be greatly missed. :'(

Brain aneurysms are such an unfair way to die - so sudden, so unpredictable. My cousin's wife died of one at a similar age. Took a nap one afternoon and never woke up...
 

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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2020, 12:41:41 pm »
RIP :(

Life is too short sometimes

All the more reason we should not waste ours. We have 24 hours allotted to each of us every day. How we use them is up to us. Any time not used wisely in each 24 hours is forfeited forever. People like Grant live life well. We should do likewise. Quite relevant would be the remarkable Twilight Zone episode called The Changing of the Guard, which was released on 1st June 1962. It demonstrates the positive impact we can make to others lives without us even realising it.
 

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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2020, 12:49:46 pm »
He was also in the fan series Star Trek Continues, which was fantastic.

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« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2020, 01:43:33 pm »
2020 is just .... :(
 

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« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2020, 02:13:58 pm »
I just saw it on the news. Truly saddened by this. RIP.
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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2020, 03:33:50 pm »
Regarding warning or signs -- I think it is perhaps case dependent, and likely the most significant factor is where exactly the
With his sudden death, we (on the project team) did wonder had the doctors been able to narrow down to aneurysm sooner, would he still be around.

My brother had an apparent stroke but the local hospital didn't find anything wrong and released him in a few days. Then a few months later he had another stroke. This time the local hospital put him on a helicopter to the medical school an hour away. The diagnosis was a hemorrhagic stroke. The less common kind where the brain springs leaks, as opposed the common strokes from blockages.

He recovered from that and was released. During that they did scans that showed signs of quite a few places that had sprung a leak in the past.  Also, an aneurysm that was ready to burst at any time. He later had surgery to repair that.

The odds on hemorrhagic strokes are bad. In round numbers 50% die before reaching a hospital, 25% die in the hospital, and most of the remaining 25% don't survive a year. My brother has amazingly beat those odds and is alive and still working at age 72. He sometimes hesitates trying to come up with words while speaking. But at 74 I have that problem too with no history of a stroke.

So yes, there are good tools to identify and correct brain aneurysms. The problem is that brain aneurysms are rather rare so doctors don't think of scanning for aneurysms in normal circumstances. 
 

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« Reply #15 on: July 14, 2020, 03:41:20 pm »
I was at an electronics company event in the US some years ago, where Grant Imahara was the after dinner speaker. I barely knew who he was, but the Americans treated him as quite the celebrity.
 

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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2020, 03:44:05 pm »

He was one of the good guys. I really enjoyed watching him, and I think many of us can resonate with this:

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In a 2008 interview with Machine Design, Imahara told the publication that he wanted to be an engineer because "I liked the challenge of designing and building things, figuring out how something works and how to make it better or apply it in a different way. When I was a kid, I never wanted to be James Bond. I wanted to be Q, because he was the guy who made all the gadgets. I guess you could say that engineering came naturally."

 

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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2020, 04:23:51 pm »
wow, so sad.
 

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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2020, 10:32:13 pm »
Brain aneurysms are such an unfair way to die - so sudden, so unpredictable. My cousin's wife died of one at a similar age. Took a nap one afternoon and never woke up...
Heart attacks as well. There's a documentary of an airline pilot dying from that shortly after takeoff, what saved everyone else on the plane was that one of the passengers had some flight knowledge and was able to talk to ATC in order to make an emergency landing. Yes, exactly the scenario covered in a Mythbusters episode...
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« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2020, 10:40:00 pm »
I used to work with a guy who had a brain aneurysm around the same age, he survived, largely due to luck of being awake when it happened and getting prompt medical care. A lot of people just drop dead without warning when it happens. With all the things that can kill us it's pretty remarkable that as many live as long as they do.
 

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« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2020, 10:41:45 pm »
Heart attacks as well. There's a documentary of an airline pilot dying from that shortly after takeoff, what saved everyone else on the plane was that one of the passengers had some flight knowledge and was able to talk to ATC in order to make an emergency landing. Yes, exactly the scenario covered in a Mythbusters episode...

Must have been a *very* small airliner to have only one pilot. The only commercial aircraft like that I'm aware of are things like single engine seaplanes. Certainly any sort of jet airliner will have a cockpit crew of at least two.
 

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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2020, 11:18:50 pm »

It can strike at a very young age - I know one family that lost a youngster of only 18 to it.  :(
 

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« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2020, 11:27:07 pm »
Must have been a *very* small airliner to have only one pilot. The only commercial aircraft like that I'm aware of are things like single engine seaplanes. Certainly any sort of jet airliner will have a cockpit crew of at least two.
It was a private jet and the documentary was redone with 3D rendering.
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« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2020, 11:43:43 pm »
Must have been a *very* small airliner to have only one pilot. The only commercial aircraft like that I'm aware of are things like single engine seaplanes. Certainly any sort of jet airliner will have a cockpit crew of at least two.
It was a private jet and the documentary was redone with 3D rendering.

A King Air is a twin turboprop, it's big compared to typical light aircraft but I think it would be a stretch to call it an airliner. It's not the sort of thing you'd take a scheduled passenger flight between major airports on.
 

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Re: RIP Grant Imahara
« Reply #24 on: July 15, 2020, 12:33:52 am »
Must have been a *very* small airliner to have only one pilot. The only commercial aircraft like that I'm aware of are things like single engine seaplanes. Certainly any sort of jet airliner will have a cockpit crew of at least two.
It was a private jet and the documentary was redone with 3D rendering.


Jeez, talk about keeping calm under pressure...
 


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