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Rachel Bryk, an active developer for the Dolphin Emulator[*] project, passed away on the 23rd of April at the age of 23.
While this is hardly the kind of news that would shake the tech world and be featured on major news site, I think the SoylentNews community can fully appreciate her work and commemorate that tragic loss with the team and the retro gaming and TAS community at large.
Most of her work was focused on making the Dolphin more suited to make tool assisted speedruns.
A full announcement and commemorative post can be found on the official Dolphin project blog.
Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: the GameCube and the Wii. It allows PC gamers to enjoy games for these two consoles in full HD (1080p) with several enhancements: compatibility with all PC controllers, turbo speed, networked multiplayer, and even more!
(Score: 1) by Michelle on Tuesday April 28 2015, @02:12AM
Indeed, I'm surprised I haven't seen the hate here (yet). I suppose I only say that because I see it just about every time the issue of gender dysphoria is brought up. As a transgender person, I can definitely relate to what she was going through, even I though I don't have RA or fibromyalgia on top of it (though I do have degenerative disc disease which makes my back very angry and painful).
At any rate, there's an awful lot of sick people out there that WANT trans people to be depressed; they WANT us to kill ourselves or be killed. I'll be damned if I'm going to let them win. I'll stay alive just to spite the bastards.
R.I.P. Rachel
"Right now is the only moment you'll ever have; so why be miserable?"
(Score: 1) by Michelle on Tuesday April 28 2015, @02:17AM
Oh, and by the way, there's no shame in being an "SJW" - at least if you are, you stand for something you're passionate about and willing to fight for.
"Right now is the only moment you'll ever have; so why be miserable?"
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 28 2015, @04:48AM
That depends on the kind of SJW. Tumblr nutjobs that, for instance, insist practically all sex is rape, are obviously insane.
(Score: 2) by wantkitteh on Tuesday April 28 2015, @08:22AM
...way to unintentionally illustrate my point right there - everyone's definition of "nutjob" is different.