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22-Year-Old Google Engineer Dies At His Work Terminal (nypost.com)

"A Google software engineer has been found dead inside the company's Chelsea headquarters," reports the New York Post: A janitor found 22-year-old Scott Krulcik unconscious at his work terminal on the sixth floor of the building on Eighth Avenue near West 16th Street around 9 p.m. on Friday, police sources said. EMS workers tried to perform CPR but to no avail. Krulcik was pronounced dead at the scene.
"Krulcik's Linkedin page says he began working at Google in August," reports long-time Slashdot reader McGruber, adding that "Police sources say that his body did not show any signs of trauma, nor did he have a history of medical conditions or substance abuse problems."

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  1. Chelsea, New York City by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just putting this out there that they mean Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City.

    For those of us whose first notion was Chelsea in London. You know, on the other side of the big-ish pond.

  2. Re:Another case of sudden heart attack death by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Infection, even from a flue, can in rare cases cause heart attacks. My brother had this happen at 25 years old. The worst part was that the ER nurses at the hospital thought he was just some kid OD'ing on drugs so gave him the lowest priority, as someone that young is unlikely to have a "legitimate" heart problem. It took yelling from his CO showing up several minutes later to convince them he wasn't some guy who just stumbled in from an alleyway. Normally, if you were a bit older, and mention having any sort of chest or heart problem in an ER, you get swarmed by people checking if it is a heart attack.

    That said, I don't know why this is news. There is some chance of people dying at any age from unknown medical conditions or some really bad luck. Unless this is directly related to his work at Google, then it is something that happens at any large company from time to time.

  3. Re:so? by ebacon · · Score: 3, Informative

    There's 7.7 billion people on this planet and only ~1.8 billion seconds in a 90-year lifespan.
    Even if you tried to care about every single person, 1 second for 1 person, your life would run out by the time you hit 1.8 billion if you are lucky to hit 90.
    Kind of a pointless venture.
    That's why i find these groups who represent an entire gender or race moronic. You don't even have the basic math education to realize you don't have the lifespan to represent them all for 1 second each, yet you are pulling this shit? Get the fuck outta here.

    Agree with your logic, but not your math:
    90 * 365.25 * 24 * 60 * 60 = 2,840,184.000
    so more like 2.8 billion seconds