i hope they send the CIA agents to hell for doing this to our sweet terry
Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]
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Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]
#22For those who don't know: TempleOS (formerly J Operating System, SparrowOS and LoseThos) is a biblical-themed lightweight operating system created by the American programmer Terry A. Davis. He developed the system alone over the course of 10 years. It was designed to be the Third Temple, according to Davis, and uses an interface similar to a mixture of DOS and Turbo C. Davis describes the operating system as a modern…
More interestingly, it was 64-bit from the core, and eschewed the use of traditional MMU in favor of just using the 64-bit address space to separate process's memory. Except, Terry Davis became schizophrenic and wouldn't take his meds. He changed the name of his OS to TempleOS after he decided he was hearing god through it. He used to comment here on HN (user "templeos" now deleted apparently), but his increasingly i…
To add, here is a nice compilation from his live streams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqFgtYrw4J8 (Nothing really dirty or offensive, more of his real personality.)
Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]
#23This guy definitely belongs to the hacker community. He was a weirdo, a misfit, a nerd, like many of us. There is always a thin line between being a genius and being insane.
Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]
#24Genuinely curious about what other people think about this, but why do people think it's an acceptable excuse for formerly mentally healthy people making insanely offensive comments after they start suffering from a mental health issue? I truly feel compassion for those going through mental health issues, but is it possible that the people who become offensive after becoming mentally ill always thought these things b…
"I know the guy just died, but let's talk about how shitty he was."
Read that, and try to understand why it is tasteless.
Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]
#25The CIA will pay dearly for this assassination.
Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]
#26Neither the post nor the Album stated appear in her timeline. Are they private? I'd hate to be the skeptic here, but there's no way I'm believing a screenshot that appeared on 4chan[0] without verifying first. [0] http://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/67398108#p67398129
Someone else with a childhood Facebook picture of him claims it's not true. http://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/67398108#p67399396
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I don't believe the OP.
Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]
#27The CIA will pay dearly for this assassination.
Uh this seems highly inappropriate
Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]
#28The CIA will pay dearly for this assassination.
Be careful danmg, you could be next :)
Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]
#29Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]
#30Dang, how do we confirm this?