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Yeah, and clearly bright as hell if he could string together something as complicated as TempleOS. Imagine what he could have done if he had been able to direct

by Sileni 8y ago

Yeah, and clearly bright as hell if he could string together something as complicated as TempleOS. Imagine what he could have done if he had been able to direct it towards something more globally useful. RIP dude, hope there's a reward for determination in the afterlife.

tokai 8y ago
TempleOS is going to be hailed as one of the most impressive pieces of outsider art ever
- Sileni 8y ago
  I hope so. I'm a little worried it'll only ever be appreciated in niche communities that really understand the depth of what he did. Maybe I'm not giving enough credit to fringe artists, but I don't know that it'd be easy to express how impressive it is to build a functional OS as a single person that could do as much as his did, with the hardware it was based on.
- Retr0spectrum 8y ago
  Is it really outsider art though? Didn't he have a background in programming?
craftyguy 8y ago
> Imagine what he could have done if he had been able to direct it towards something more globally useful I find this comment extremely offensive. Gosh, imagine what Sileni could have done if they didn't spend time on HN!
- saganus 8y ago
  I think Sileni meant that the effort spent on an awesome piece of work like TempleOS would be better appreciated if it was less niche.
- ArchTypical 8y ago
  > I find this comment extremely offensive. Probably because it is. The reverse of NIMBY is something like OWICAM - Only What I Care About Matters
- Sileni 8y ago
  That's pretty much the worst imaginable way to take what I said. What I meant to express is that something that complex means he could have been working on problems on the world scale. Equivalent accomplishments don't have equivalent usefulness. I don't think anyone would argue that the Mona Lisa is as globally useful as penicillin, though I'd happily argue that they're equivalent human accomplishments. Edit: And for the record, yeah, I should probably stop spending so much time on HN.

by Sileni 8y ago

tokai 8y ago

TempleOS is going to be hailed as one of the most impressive pieces of outsider art ever

Sileni 8y ago
I hope so. I'm a little worried it'll only ever be appreciated in niche communities that really understand the depth of what he did. Maybe I'm not giving enough credit to fringe artists, but I don't know that it'd be easy to express how impressive it is to build a functional OS as a single person that could do as much as his did, with the hardware it was based on.
Retr0spectrum 8y ago
Is it really outsider art though? Didn't he have a background in programming?

craftyguy 8y ago

> Imagine what he could have done if he had been able to direct it towards something more globally useful I find this comment extremely offensive. Gosh, imagine what Sileni could have done if they didn't spend time on HN!

saganus 8y ago
I think Sileni meant that the effort spent on an awesome piece of work like TempleOS would be better appreciated if it was less niche.
ArchTypical 8y ago
> I find this comment extremely offensive. Probably because it is. The reverse of NIMBY is something like OWICAM - Only What I Care About Matters
Sileni 8y ago
That's pretty much the worst imaginable way to take what I said. What I meant to express is that something that complex means he could have been working on problems on the world scale. Equivalent accomplishments don't have equivalent usefulness. I don't think anyone would argue that the Mona Lisa is as globally useful as penicillin, though I'd happily argue that they're equivalent human accomplishments. Edit: And for the record, yeah, I should probably stop spending so much time on HN.