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

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Post by danmg »

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…

No you're not. You just want to feel good about shunning him while he was alive.

We'll he's dead now. You don't have to worry about hell banning him anymore so you can feel good about yourself.

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

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Post by bignibba123 »

striking wrote: post #26
elorm wrote: post #5

Neither 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 Reverse Image Search has no results. I don't believe the OP.

That image doesn't mean anything.

He used to share his personal family pictures a lot back when he was streaming in the van.

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

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Post by rjeli »

bb010g wrote: post #49
rjeli wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yeah sorry, I didn't realize it was so dubious, just got emotional... I messaged HN mods to remove this post until it's confirmed.

As much as I don't like going through KF threads, it looks like it's pretty likely, and his mom is also dead. https://kiwifarms.net/threads/terry-a-davis-terrence-andrew-... https://kiwifarms.net/threads/terry-a-davis-terrence-andrew-... https://kiwifarms.net/threads/terry-a-davis-terrence-andrew-...

:(

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

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Post by DanBC »

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 used to comment here on HN (user "templeos"

HN usernames are case sensitive. danbc is not DanBC.

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

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Post by DanBC »

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…

> 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?

People don't think it's acceptable, which is why he was constantly being banned from online forums. People think it's understandable because it's a function of illness, not a core part of his personality.

Please don't lump all mental health "issues" together as you have here. Schizophrenia is quite different to something like depression. Psychosis does not "remove the filter" or "reveal the true identity".

Terry was an ill person who was failed by society -- he didn't get the treatment he needed. We don't need to add to that by blaming him for things caused by his illness.

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

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Post by m1573rp34130dy »

Do not stand at my grave and weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circling flight. I am the soft star-shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die.

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

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Post by striking »

bignibba123 wrote: post #52
striking wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone else with a childhood Facebook picture of him claims it's not true. http://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/67398108#p67399396 Reverse Image Search has no results. I don't believe the OP.

That image doesn't mean anything. He used to share his personal family pictures a lot back when he was streaming in the van.

The image name makes it look like it came from a Facebook CDN.

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

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Post by cazum »

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?

For a while in the early-mid 2010s, /v/ and /pol/ were rallying points for what we would today call the alt-right.

To this day, the pervasive politics of most of 4chan are hard right, leaning into ethnostatism.

You'd be hard pressed to find an alt right rally without heavy 4chan cultural aesthetic (pepe, kekistan, etc)

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