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Re: Mega Man for TempleOS

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Do you understand what schizophrenia entails? If it makes you uncomfortable that's one thing, belittling him as a "racist hick" is another.

See my post below. He is a racist hick, who happens to be ill. If that's "another" thing, then so be it. Don't really care which came first. I will not let racists duck undercover of his illness. I stop short of being genuinely​ upset at him, but hate speech is hate speech. Since he has a large-ish audience, his ideas are becoming part of culture. Agree with him or defend him or apologize for his racism all you wish…

Calling him a "racist hick" makes several claims. One is that he is a racist. Another is that he is a poorly-educated rural dweller. These are frequently paired because some people think that rural dwellers or the poorly educated or Southerners or whatever are all racist (sure, there's a correlation).

Being schizophrenic is a serious problem, and his technical achievements in the face of them are notable. But it's not a free pass for everything. We can distinguish, for example, between people with mental health problems who are danger to themself and others and those who are not.

It's one thing entirely to rail about aliens, because aliens aren't real. It's another use racial invective and epithets against racial and cultural minorities, because Jews and black people are absolutely real.

Re: Mega Man for TempleOS

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Sometimes it is nice to browse HN with 'showdead' enabled, because you can see Terry commenting on these threads. (his comment is sibling to mine) Terry, keep up the great work! Its super refreshing to see your commitment over the years on such an ambitious project.

> Sometimes it is nice to browse HN with 'showdead' enabled, because you can see Terry commenting on these threads. (his comment is sibling to mine) Did he give a relevant technical response to my technical questions? If so, are you or someone else willing/able to repost that here? I really don't want to dig into HN caves and learn about its subculture. I just want to discuss a technical topic that I find interesting…

He said

"I wrote everything from scratch. I am the smartest programmer ever lived with divien intellect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EDLCs4fBJc "

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