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Re: TempleOS creator Terry Davis is homeless and living in a van

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Post by pavel_lishin »

WillReplyfFood wrote: post #91
StanislavPetrov wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In fact, if you do a careful study of history, many of the best artists have "serious mental issues". The question is, how do we define "serious mental issues" and "art"? I don't think its a coincidence that people with off-the-charts creativity are mentally different than most other people. If your thought process is that far removed from others in regards to art ("creativity"), then it only stands to reason that yo…

You cant say that- because if you imply that non neurotypical behaviour makes for great artists, you are basically telling alot of people that they will never be great artists.

It also gives people with mental health problems an excuse to not seek treatment - "I don't need your stupid pills, I'm not broken, I'm just an artist!"

Re: TempleOS creator Terry Davis is homeless and living in a van

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Post by pavel_lishin »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #73
thomasz wrote: post #41

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No, this what a real schizophrenic is. It's a terrible disease that should not be romanticized in any way.

People have problems. You have problems, and so do I. I think we can romanticize Terry's work while also keeping his condition in mind. They're separable, like a gaussian blur.

We can romanticize his work, but we shouldn't romanticize his life.

Re: TempleOS creator Terry Davis is homeless and living in a van

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Post by WillReplyfFood »

m0ck wrote: post #34
grassdubious wrote: post #3

ELI5 the story behind this?

He is a schizo autistic programmer who is convinced God told him to make an OS, so he is working on it constantly for 15 years, doing nothing else (it kind of resembles Noah's Ark). He used to livestream regularly on Youtube and became popular on technology boards on 4chan, 8chan etc., for his rants about God and "CIA niggers" and generally "being a living meme". Some people there genuinely like him and even bought h…

Yeah, professional treatment- what if that is basically offering a life like a living zombie or no-treatment at all?

Not my department is just a lazy early out of difficult problems. Hope you have family. Hope that one day makes it oyur department.

Re: TempleOS creator Terry Davis is homeless and living in a van

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Post by pavel_lishin »

rogual wrote: post #42
thomasz wrote: post #41

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No, this what a real schizophrenic is. It's a terrible disease that should not be romanticized in any way.

There surely seems to be a correlation between great art and mental illness. Van Gogh, Rothko, Frida Kahlo... I guess it depends on your taste in art, though. I'd put Terry in this camp for sure.

Great artists who don't suffer from mental illness exist, too.

Re: TempleOS creator Terry Davis is homeless and living in a van

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Post by pavel_lishin »

fb03 wrote: post #86

Putting aside all the "mental illness/nutjob" talks that everyone likes to focus on so much, I would just wish that someone somehow would be able to connect with him and channel his genius (it is clear that he is quite good at what he does) into some project with a proper objective and guidance. Bram Cohen has Asperger's and he could create BitTorrent which is widely used. I wonder if Terry Davis would create some ga…

I wish someone would connect with him and get him to accept some treatment. He's created great things, but it seems like his life is a struggle.

Re: TempleOS creator Terry Davis is homeless and living in a van

#106

Post by stevenh »

myaso wrote: post #70
NicoJuicy wrote: post #32

I know he's perhaps not mentally stable, but after all. He has problems and he does some amazing things. Perhaps consider donating on top of his page: http://www.templeos.org/ ( paypal).

Just donated 5$/month, will keep it up for a year at least. PayPal transactions take a bit of time to go through -- the hardest part was filling out the details :( I really don't have the resources to arbitrarily afford charity, but fuck it -- I spend more money on coffee in a month and it's been too cold to wander around for a while here. It must feel really awful to some people who make 6 figure salaries to part wi…

I'd ask you to explain how all libertarians are Nazis but then I guess I'd be taking the bait.

Re: TempleOS creator Terry Davis is homeless and living in a van

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Post by gebeeson »

donatj wrote: post #72
thomasz wrote: post #41

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No, this what a real schizophrenic is. It's a terrible disease that should not be romanticized in any way.

Are you implying he is not an artist because he is schizophrenic? An artist is one who creates art, and having used TempleOS I assure you it is among the finest.

He may be an artist AND a schizophrenic. One is not dependent on the other. Sometimes it just happens.

Re: TempleOS creator Terry Davis is homeless and living in a van

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Post by sillysaurus3 »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #102
sillysaurus3 wrote: post #73

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People have problems. You have problems, and so do I. I think we can romanticize Terry's work while also keeping his condition in mind. They're separable, like a gaussian blur.

We can romanticize his work , but we shouldn't romanticize his life .

Why not?

Life is about how you deal with your problems, not having none.

Terry has dealt with a lot. It's probably harder than any of us can know.

Re: TempleOS creator Terry Davis is homeless and living in a van

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Post by tscs37 »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #48
tscs37 wrote: post #6

The amount of dedication Terry shows for his project is beyond what you see anywhere else in the software dev space. For anyone who hasn't, I recommend to watch his videos on TempleOS (there are a lot of hymn videos or ranting videos, you can ignore those), they are a genuinely interesting perspective into OS Development.

His mental condition and personal situation is also beyond what you see anywhere else.

I've seen way worse for both, so not really. He's found a way to channel his mental condition into something constructive, something that people enjoy even.

Re: TempleOS creator Terry Davis is homeless and living in a van

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Post by klez »

stevenh wrote: post #106
myaso wrote: post #70

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Just donated 5$/month, will keep it up for a year at least. PayPal transactions take a bit of time to go through -- the hardest part was filling out the details :( I really don't have the resources to arbitrarily afford charity, but fuck it -- I spend more money on coffee in a month and it's been too cold to wander around for a while here. It must feel really awful to some people who make 6 figure salaries to part wi…

I'd ask you to explain how all libertarians are Nazis but then I guess I'd be taking the bait.

"Ubermensch" doesn't imply "nazism". It's a nietzschean concept referring to humanity going beyond itself, and was then adopted by nazism to refer to a man of pure race, which is not what Nietzsche was talking about.
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