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Andreas Kling is a legend. Having followed him since the early days, I am so happy that the whole ecosystem has come so far. What a refreshing change to get una
by ilrwbwrkhv 4y ago
Andreas Kling is a legend. Having followed him since the early days, I am so happy that the whole ecosystem has come so far. What a refreshing change to get unadulterated insight into the mind of a true hacker, when the rest of the world is stuck grinding leetcode.
- skulk 4y agoIsn't it wonderful what a social safety net brings us? For context, SerenityOS was dreamed up during a stint at a state rehab facility. (This information is included in a link from TFA)
- alexb_ 4y agoOne has to wonder what Terry Davis could have made if he got care for his schizophrenia.
- cmrdporcupine 4y agoI've heard from multiple schizophrenic people that many of the meds given for schizophrenia also cause significant cognitive impairment or make them drowsy/low-energy. So hard to say.
- lioeters 4y agoI sympathized for him, a brilliant and broken person. The U.S. is full of such homeless people, coast to coast, fallen through the social safety net like crazy diamonds on the streets. His operating system was deeply related to his obsessive mystical thoughts. The computer was an "oracle", a medium through which he communicated with the Divine. If he had received the mental healthcare he needed, I wonder if he would have continued with the project. In a way, that project was all he had, when he had lost everything.