burntsushi (author of ripgrep among others) was diagnosed with encephalitis

https://burntsushi.net/encephalitis/

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BB_C@programming.dev · 16 pts · 87d

Get well brother.

As a son of a specialist physician, I know full well how hard it can be to connect the dots between random symptoms and a problem that's actually in the brain. It's not rare for such confirmed diagnoses to become case presentations (which is how I know 😉).

FizzyOrange@programming.dev · 13 pts · 87d (1 reply)

Shit.

Glad it had a happy ending (as much as possible anyway). Also very interesting! Especially the bit about it being difficult to getting stuck in a psychiatric hospital.

I also find it interesting how much it took before they went to the hospital. #merica.

kungen@feddit.nu · 5 pts · 87d

Yep. If he wasn't a man, and/or was of a lower class, he'd probably still be stuck in psychiatry.

badmin@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 87d

Is it just me, or is the "among others" in the title made it sound like an outbreak, instead of referring to other projects?

onlinepersona@programming.dev · 2 pts · 78d

That misdiagnosis could've cost him his life. Crazy...

Glad he's alright.