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Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]

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Post by notjones »

samiur1204 wrote: post #17

Genuinely 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…

his outburts of overt racism coincided with defining his life around being a technological prophet of god/being actively pursued by the CIA; if you're to believe that he held racist thoughts all along and that his illness only removed the filter, are you to believe that he also espoused those other two beliefs and they were only being kept in check?

Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]

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Post by moetech »

ledriveby wrote: post #7

A very bizarre set of reaction tweets, was Terry big among the alt-right/4chan crowds? It was very sad to witness his condition deteriorating over the past months.

>A very bizarre set of reaction tweets, was Terry big among the alt-right/4chan crowds?

What makes you say that? And what does the alt-right have to do with 4chan?

Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]

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Post by atomicthumbs »

moetech wrote: post #32
ledriveby wrote: post #7

A very bizarre set of reaction tweets, was Terry big among the alt-right/4chan crowds? It was very sad to witness his condition deteriorating over the past months.

>A very bizarre set of reaction tweets, was Terry big among the alt-right/4chan crowds? What makes you say that? And what does the alt-right have to do with 4chan?

>And what does the alt-right have to do with 4chan?

Oof

Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]

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Post by tomhoward »

samiur1204 wrote: post #17

Genuinely 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…

Your comment assumes a clear demarcation line between mental health and mental illness. It also assumes a clear demarcation line between people "like us" who only think nice thoughts, and people who think evil thoughts. Human nature is just not that simple. That should be the thing to contemplate here.

Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]

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Post by uboa14 »

saagarjha wrote: post #16
ledriveby wrote: post #7

A very bizarre set of reaction tweets, was Terry big among the alt-right/4chan crowds? It was very sad to witness his condition deteriorating over the past months.

Terry, despite his achievements, was erratic and schizophrenic, which led to him posting a lot of racist rants. Qualities which I assume made him attractive to 4chan.

Terry's worldview is a largely coherent one which praises the old ways and the rule of Godly kings, in which White men are truly free; today, they obviously are not. He has the same visceral disgust toward race-mixing that most White people feel, and is not afraid to voice his opinions on it. Terry is a more authentic human being than 99.99% of the puppets that inhabit this Earth.

Thank the Gods that the monk is (probably) still with us and will be with us, providing us with wisdom from the mountain tops, for years to come.

Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]

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Post by saagarjha »

uboa14 wrote: post #36
saagarjha wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Terry, despite his achievements, was erratic and schizophrenic, which led to him posting a lot of racist rants. Qualities which I assume made him attractive to 4chan.

Terry's worldview is a largely coherent one which praises the old ways and the rule of Godly kings, in which White men are truly free; today, they obviously are not. He has the same visceral disgust toward race-mixing that most White people feel, and is not afraid to voice his opinions on it. Terry is a more authentic human being than 99.99% of the puppets that inhabit this Earth. Thank the Gods that the monk is (pro…

Humor me for a moment. What exactly is “the monk”?

Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]

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Post by bifrost »

AceJohnny2 wrote: post #14
LeoPanthera wrote: post #12

For 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…

He commented/posted as "losethos" for a while.

Re: Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]

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Post by H4CK3RM4N »

AceJohnny2 wrote: post #14
LeoPanthera wrote: post #12

For 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…

He kept posting on his account after being hellbanned, up to 3 months ago. You need showdead on.

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=TempleOS

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