From my understanding, they won't start the procedure until the person is declared dead and the heart stops. It may seem morbid that they're waiting for someone to die, but they're not going to start hacking someone who still has a heartbeat much less is awake. They didn't "stop" the procedure because he was showing signs of life, they didn't start the procedure because he wasn't showing signs of death.
Imagine you got paid one million dollars a year. That's over $2,500 a day. You can work as much or as little as you want, you still get one million dollars every year. No taxes, no strings attached. That's $1,000,000 every year.
After the first year, you have $1,000,000. You're wealthy. With good investments, you could get $50,000 - $100,000 a year in interest and dividends. You probably still work, but you live comfortably. But it's nowhere close to a billion.
After 10 years, you have $10,000,000. You're very wealthy. You can live off of investment income alone. You probably have a personal secretary. And it's still only 1% of a billion.
After 100 years, you would have $100,000,000 dollars. You can talk to A list celebrities and sports stars. You probably have a yacht and multiple large homes. You have multiple staff to manage your day to day life. Now you're at 10% of a billion.
After 500 years, you would have $500,000,000. You're richer than most people. And your only at 1/2 a billion.
After 1,000 years you finally have a billion dollars.
Some people have multiple billions of dollars. Billionaires should not exist.
They're affiliated with two universities. Their card can only list one affiliation. When the organizer asked which university to list, they said "probably University X". Most people would have simply put "University X", but since the person said "probably" the organizer decided to be literal and also put "probably".
About once a year, we get a Netflix subscription for about two months. Catch up on everything we want to watch, then cancel it.
After 6 months, Netflix forgets about you. Does that mean we count as a new subscriber every year? How many people like us are inflating their new subscriber number?
I heard about his story on npr. He's been likened to Forest Gump - some developmental delay coupled with being on the autism spectrum. Everyone at the time was convinced he murdered his daughter because he was acting strange and not showing conventional signs of empathy.
I knew someone at university with a twin sibling. One was afab and the other was amab. Both came out as trans. We used to joke that instead of getting top / bottom surgery, they should just get head transplants :-)
Nanny Ogg from the Discworld series. She's a witch, and the cure for most ailments is apple brandy. She's full of stories and humorous songs, and loves to cook.
Such is the nature of memes. There is nothing new under the sun.