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He was shadowbanned here. So maybe the black bar is shadow banned. Towards the end he said some racist nazi shit. Hard for people to accept that was a symptom

He was shadowbanned here. So maybe the black bar is shadow banned. Towards the end he said some racist nazi shit. Hard for people to accept that was a symptom of his mental decline. Hard to be tollerant about that. I first discovered him circa 2006 when the OS was called LoseThos. I prefer to remember him from those days when he provided this community with such a breath of fresh air- rather than during his end days. Remove the shadow ban. Give him a black bar.

meddlepal 8y ago
Agree. Black bar. His mental illness clearly impacted how he thought, wrote and spoke but we can't deny this guy is a historically important to CS and software engineering. RIP.
- Im_back_4_U 8y ago
  This is an interesting point. Was he historically important to CS and engineering ? I certainly understand the sentiment and appreciate his talent, but can somebody be important if their work is only useful to them, if the only benefit of of their accomplishments is for themselves ? I see why people might say yes, but that's a no for me,dog. Historical is about people, and his work was about himself.
ekianjo 8y ago
There are other folks who never said nasty things and deserved a black bar but never got one. HN has its preferences.
esaym 8y ago
>racist nazi Just an fyi, there is a large conspiracy basically stating that he was "made" this way by internet trolling. Similar to the outcome of "Chris Chan". Terry in many cases showed great fondness over several popular internet/youtube girls to which end he would live stream himself trying to email and make contact with them. And to this, trolls would spoof a response email somewhere along the line of "I only date black men with huge s". You can see a similar situation involving Dianna "physics girl" here: http://ia800600.us.archive.org/31/items/TerryADavis_TempleOS_Archive/videos/2017/2017-08-02T06%3a18%3a12%2b00%3a00%20-%20MAH01776.mp4 http://ia800600.us.archive.org/31/items/TerryADavis_TempleOS... It is very possible that through this trolling is what lead him to get kicked out of his parent's house and subsequently dying on a set of train tracks.
- gammatrigono 8y ago
  This is the saddest thing I've seen all year, easily worse than any gore video. I can't believe this is real.
  - Born_Again 8y ago
    It saddens me that people are more comfortable watching videos of gore than a person suffering from a mental illness. It saddens me that America lacks mental health awareness. > I can't believe this is real. About 1% of Americans suffer from schizophrenia [0] and for many of those, this video shows what they and their family face on a daily basis. You and the people around you probably don't ever experience what happens in those gore videos, but we are surrounded by people who suffer from schizophrenia and other mental disorders. There is currently no cure for schizophrenia and the best treatment is therapy and antipsychotic medication. If the person who is suffering from schizophrenia decides to pass on the medication and therapy (for reasons related to the disorder or because the side effects are worse than the benefits), it can be difficult to prevent situations like the one in the video of Terry from happening. Imagine you are in a room with 100 other people. It is likely that someone in that room has experienced paranoia or groundless thinking similar to what you saw in the video. Both them and their family have to learn how to deal with the symptoms and often do not get enough support. I encourage everyone to educate themselves on mental health and consider donating to an organization that supports people with mental illness [1]. Terry uploaded a video the day before he died [2] and also removed all of his previously uploaded videos from YouTube. That leads me to believe that he committed suicide. I don't know much about his situation, but I can't help to wonder if he would still be with us if he was given more support and resources to help him deal with his illness. Thankfully Archive.org [3] has saved a great amount of videos and links related to Terry's life if anyone would like to learn more. [0] https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Schizophrenia https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Sch... [1] https://www.nami.org/ https://www.nami.org/ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH41gGBVpkE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH41gGBVpkE [3] http://ia800600.us.archive.org/31/items/TerryADavis_TempleOS_Archive/ http://ia800600.us.archive.org/31/items/TerryADavis_TempleOS...

meddlepal 8y ago

Agree. Black bar. His mental illness clearly impacted how he thought, wrote and spoke but we can't deny this guy is a historically important to CS and software engineering. RIP.

Im_back_4_U 8y ago
This is an interesting point. Was he historically important to CS and engineering ? I certainly understand the sentiment and appreciate his talent, but can somebody be important if their work is only useful to them, if the only benefit of of their accomplishments is for themselves ? I see why people might say yes, but that's a no for me,dog. Historical is about people, and his work was about himself.

ekianjo 8y ago

There are other folks who never said nasty things and deserved a black bar but never got one. HN has its preferences.

esaym 8y ago

>racist nazi Just an fyi, there is a large conspiracy basically stating that he was "made" this way by internet trolling. Similar to the outcome of "Chris Chan". Terry in many cases showed great fondness over several popular internet/youtube girls to which end he would live stream himself trying to email and make contact with them. And to this, trolls would spoof a response email somewhere along the line of "I only date black men with huge s". You can see a similar situation involving Dianna "physics girl" here: http://ia800600.us.archive.org/31/items/TerryADavis_TempleOS_Archive/videos/2017/2017-08-02T06%3a18%3a12%2b00%3a00%20-%20MAH01776.mp4 http://ia800600.us.archive.org/31/items/TerryADavis_TempleOS... It is very possible that through this trolling is what lead him to get kicked out of his parent's house and subsequently dying on a set of train tracks.

gammatrigono 8y ago
This is the saddest thing I've seen all year, easily worse than any gore video. I can't believe this is real.
- Born_Again 8y ago
  It saddens me that people are more comfortable watching videos of gore than a person suffering from a mental illness. It saddens me that America lacks mental health awareness. > I can't believe this is real. About 1% of Americans suffer from schizophrenia [0] and for many of those, this video shows what they and their family face on a daily basis. You and the people around you probably don't ever experience what happens in those gore videos, but we are surrounded by people who suffer from schizophrenia and other mental disorders. There is currently no cure for schizophrenia and the best treatment is therapy and antipsychotic medication. If the person who is suffering from schizophrenia decides to pass on the medication and therapy (for reasons related to the disorder or because the side effects are worse than the benefits), it can be difficult to prevent situations like the one in the video of Terry from happening. Imagine you are in a room with 100 other people. It is likely that someone in that room has experienced paranoia or groundless thinking similar to what you saw in the video. Both them and their family have to learn how to deal with the symptoms and often do not get enough support. I encourage everyone to educate themselves on mental health and consider donating to an organization that supports people with mental illness [1]. Terry uploaded a video the day before he died [2] and also removed all of his previously uploaded videos from YouTube. That leads me to believe that he committed suicide. I don't know much about his situation, but I can't help to wonder if he would still be with us if he was given more support and resources to help him deal with his illness. Thankfully Archive.org [3] has saved a great amount of videos and links related to Terry's life if anyone would like to learn more. [0] https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Schizophrenia https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Sch... [1] https://www.nami.org/ https://www.nami.org/ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH41gGBVpkE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH41gGBVpkE [3] http://ia800600.us.archive.org/31/items/TerryADavis_TempleOS_Archive/ http://ia800600.us.archive.org/31/items/TerryADavis_TempleOS...