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RIP: Tech Advocate and Obama Advisor Jake Brewer

Posted by timothy on from the sad-news dept.

SpaceGhost writes: The BBC reports that Jake Brewer, a 34-year-old senior policy advisor in the White House Chief Technology Office, has died while participating in a charity bike race on Saturday. Some of his work included global policy and external affairs at change.org, the White Houses TechHire initiative, and the administration's efforts to expand broadband connectivity. Brewer's death has triggered emotional tributes from many in the worlds of politics and technology. Brewer was well known for his work on Change.org, and in his role at the White House as an advocate for education, access to technology, and intelligent use of data to make government more effective.

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  1. Cause of death by phantomfive · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to the article, he lost control and got hit by a car.

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    "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
  2. we the assholes by zlives · · Score: 4, Insightful

    young guy dies, which is tragic at the least. and most comments are smart ass or asshat...
    fuck this place has really gone to shits

  3. Re:The difference between an 'event' and a 'race' by PvtVoid · · Score: 4, Informative

    A person who gets half their calories from a meat like beef increases their caloric load by biking wherever they go instead of driving; they'd be better for the environment driving a large SUV without any passengers.

    So much fail here.

    Let's see. A 190 lb. person riding a bicycle at 15 mph uses about 58 calories per mile.. Gasoline contains about 31,000 calories per gallon.. Suppose the large SUV gets 20 mpg. That's 1550 calories per mile, or more than 26 times as much.

    See also here.