I'm not sure if the deadfly remark is some morbid joke, but I agree with the first half of your post.
While it is a great gesture to a man many of us look up to and are grateful for his work, where will it end, if we need to pay tribute in the form of specs to all the losses of people involved in developing the open web?
If share a cookie with a friend, you're that person who demands I share with everyone within earshot, aren't you?
Just take it for what it is. It's one act of kindness. Buying a sandwich for a homeless person doesn't mean every homeless person is now entitled to a sandwich from you.
While it is a great gesture to a man many of us look up to and are grateful for his work, where will it end, if we need to pay tribute in the form of specs to all the losses of people involved in developing the open web?
And so what if HN users are mostly on macs?