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Re: The Temple Operating System

#71

Post by tinco »

sillysaurus2 wrote: post #70
billadoid wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's quite racist[0] and people won't tolerate his hate. It's for the best he got hellbanned, so the "saner" ones won't be tempted to get into a flame war with him. [0]: http://i.imgur.com/IIMGYKE.png (the last comment made me laugh)

He's not necessarily racist. He's suffering from a mental illness. He believes god talks to him.

Saying racist things makes you racist, wether you are mentally ill or not.

It does mean we should judge him less for it. But it also means it might be a good decision to ban him so that he does not tarnish the community with too many flame threads.

Re: The Temple Operating System

#72

Post by Udo »

sillysaurus2 wrote: post #70
billadoid wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's quite racist[0] and people won't tolerate his hate. It's for the best he got hellbanned, so the "saner" ones won't be tempted to get into a flame war with him. [0]: http://i.imgur.com/IIMGYKE.png (the last comment made me laugh)

He's not necessarily racist. He's suffering from a mental illness. He believes god talks to him.

And on top of that, he's still a racist (and a homophobe if memory serves). Some of his rants are also more than a bit violent and scary, I wouldn't want to be near him when he isn't heavily medicated. The tragedy with illnesses like this is that it becomes almost impossible to draw a line between the condition and the person's personality.

I have showdead on all the time and I see him posting his garbage every day. Every day. He has no good days.

Personally, I'm disappointed this is at #1 on the front page, cool project or not.

Re: The Temple Operating System

#74

Post by icelancer »

mattdeboard wrote: post #59
sgt101 wrote: post #23

The crack about the holocaust in this story is not funny, sorry it just isn't.

You should understand a bit about the author before you let this concern you. It certainly wasn't intended to be humor.

Or anything. I doubt he "intends" much.

Re: The Temple Operating System

#75

Post by chris_wot »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #58
integraton wrote: post #57

The basic idea behind this, as I understand it, is that the author views the operating system as a way to interact with God. See the following thread of comments on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1aqdxn/temple_o... This is essentially the equivalent of "outsider art" in the technology world.

Indeed. He has the bizarre belief that his computer's PRNG is actually the holy spirit.

Wouldn't a deity be insulted by a pseudo random number generator?

Re: The Temple Operating System

#76

Post by tippytop »

tinco wrote: post #71
sillysaurus2 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's not necessarily racist. He's suffering from a mental illness. He believes god talks to him.

Saying racist things makes you racist, wether you are mentally ill or not. It does mean we should judge him less for it. But it also means it might be a good decision to ban him so that he does not tarnish the community with too many flame threads.

Then does not saying racist things automatically make you not-racist? Or is there other criteria we need to apply before hanging the label? For example, do they believe the words coming out of their own mouth? What about someone with Tourette's? I'm not trying to fall in a philosophical hole, but I believe that racism is a conscious choice at some level and mental illness is not.

Re: The Temple Operating System

#77

Post by krapp »

chris_wot wrote: post #75
TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed. He has the bizarre belief that his computer's PRNG is actually the holy spirit.

Wouldn't a deity be insulted by a pseudo random number generator?

Perhaps, given such a deity, no such thing as true randomness would even exist.

Re: The Temple Operating System

#78

Post by chez17 »

Will people here show some fucking respect? Using terms like "bat shit crazy" and "inane" are extremely selfish and only serve to make yourself feel better at the expense of someone who is disabled. You don't need to qualify statements. You can appreciate this for what it is and not comment on the author's disability and the negative effects of it. The sad truth is that what was done here is too far advanced for most of us so people can't comment on the actual content and instead decide to publicly humiliate a disabled person.

Re: The Temple Operating System

#79

Post by lutusp »

krapp wrote: post #77
chris_wot wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't a deity be insulted by a pseudo random number generator?

Perhaps, given such a deity, no such thing as true randomness would even exist.

Here's my proof that we will never prove the existence of true randomness.

* To demonstrate the randomness of the members of a set, we must examine the entire set.

* A candidate set cannot be finite in size, because a finite set is by definition not random.

* Therefore the only legitimate test of randomness is against an infinite set.

* To examine all the members of an infinite set would require infinite time.

This doesn't mean randomness doesn't exist, it only addresses the issue of proof.

Re: The Temple Operating System

#80

Post by sillysaurus2 »

Udo wrote: post #72
sillysaurus2 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's not necessarily racist. He's suffering from a mental illness. He believes god talks to him.

And on top of that, he's still a racist (and a homophobe if memory serves). Some of his rants are also more than a bit violent and scary, I wouldn't want to be near him when he isn't heavily medicated. The tragedy with illnesses like this is that it becomes almost impossible to draw a line between the condition and the person's personality. I have showdead on all the time and I see him posting his garbage every day.…

You're disappointed that a cool project is #1 on hacker news?
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