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That would not happen if Ticketmaster still had the best programmer that ever lived.


I audibly chuckled at this comment. RIP Terry.


I don't know the reference


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_A._Davis

A prolific poster on Hacker News before his death. You'll need showdead enabled to see most of his comments.


Oh, I didn’t know he worked there!

I recently managed to get Temple OS to run in a VM for the first time. It’s quite something!


direct link to his HN account: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=TerryADavis


Should be unshadowed for posterity


I was aware of the Terry Davis/Temple OS story.

I didn't know he worked at Ticketmaster. Thanks.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_A._Davis

I’m shocked to learn Terry Davis is dead. RIP


templeos creator used to work there. had mental health issues, we saw the decline via social media. 4chan made him a meme. he became homeless and died


Do you really think it's nice to mock a person with schizophrenia?


I think you're the one implicitly claiming that Terry wasn't among the greatest.

I believe he is, and I took OP's comment charitably.


Terry was an incredible programmer. I don't think anyone would argue against that.


I'd never make fun of someone hallucinating. But the ineffective, discriminatory psychiatrists would.


I saw it as mocking Ticketmaster.


Crypto is crunching random meaningless numbers. AI is crunching real world data. They are not the same. But AI should not be viewed as a problem. The real problem is that some people don't want others to have the same stuff as they. They want to work 1 hour while the other guy has to work 100. Interest on interest.


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