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It's a reference to schizophrenic Terry Davis (rip), author of TempleOS, who said CIA agents would glow in the dark, and got popularized through the 4chan /g/ b
by sva_ 5y ago
It's a reference to schizophrenic Terry Davis (rip), author of TempleOS, who said CIA agents would glow in the dark, and got popularized through the 4chan /g/ board.
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- serf 5y agoweird intersection of the internet. Terry is/was an HN native, too. Upvoting all of his shadowbanned stuff that was half-way decent and lucid was a hobby of mine. It still makes me feel good to think about it. Godspeed Terry. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7818823 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7818823
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- jfoutz 5y agoI vouched for a few of his comments as well. I definitely think about how a quirk of biology or environment could flip the wrong switch in my brain. There are millions of sob stories. I don't do as much as I could, but I do more than nothing to help people out. That one, Terry Davis, keeps me up at night sometimes.
- 0des 5y agoHindsight is 20/20, all we can do is learn for next time.
- jcun4128 5y agoI watched some of his live streams, saw some cool things but man the things he would say
- 0des 5y agoIf we were not meant to distinguish creation from creator, we'd be in a world of trouble. Also, he was quite ill, I'm not sure we can fault him for some of his mannerisms while also admiring his ambition and skill.
- Lammy 5y agofwiw: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=losethos https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=losethos https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=TerryADavis https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=TerryADavis https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=TempleOS https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=TempleOS