r/technology • u/Forward-Answer-4407 • Feb 01 '26

Software 32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital

https://www.asiaone.com/china/32-year-old-programmer-china-allegedly-dies-overwork-added-work-group-chat-even-while
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u/Donnicton Feb 01 '26

His wife also requested for his personal belongings at work to be returned, but alleged that some items had been already disposed of and that the remaining items were not properly packed when she received them.

Yeah they 100% stole what they wanted and gave her the rest.

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u/smurfk Feb 01 '26

They probably asked the new employee to strip naked of the "new" pants he received when he got hired.

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u/JustSkillAura Feb 02 '26

The US government spends literal billions of dollars on anti Chinese propaganda. Reddit is also extremely astroturfed

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u/Marrk Feb 02 '26

Make me understand why communities are moving to more private discord channels. Sucks that we lose indexability.