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The guy is an sad combination of brilliant and stark raving mad. If he were medicated, I think he'd be a decent guy. In the meantime, he appears to be a homeles

The guy is an sad combination of brilliant and stark raving mad. If he were medicated, I think he'd be a decent guy. In the meantime, he appears to be a homeless guy wearing a sandwich board and yelling gibberish into a bullhorn. Who made a complete operating system.

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logicallee 13y ago
re: losethos What I've seen of his writing here (by clicking on my profile, turning on showdead, and going to userpage losethos) is about as mad as this, http://www.chartrain.org/PDF/Finnegans.pdf http://www.chartrain.org/PDF/Finnegans.pdf Actually, considerably less mad. Try to read that, and then try to read losethos's comments. which can you at least get some sense out of? Why, losethos - if you ignore the 'crazy' sentences. If you ignore the 'crazy' sentences in the above link, by contrast, you are left with only chapter numbers and the closing words "Paris, 1922-1939." At least in Losethos there is something in between the 'crazy' stuff. Anyway, why did I choose the above link for comparison? Because it's James Joyce! So returning to Losethos. He might be 'stark, raving mad', but at least there's something to read and understand if we ignore all the detours. Anyone who dismisses him outright clearly doesn't have a liberal arts education grounded in having to read real nonsense. After reading some of his posts, I have nothing to declare about his mental health - and neither should you.
- nknighthb 13y ago
  > I have nothing to declare about his mental health - and neither should you. He told the world he was schizophrenic, as well as describing at various times his (clearly schizophrenic) rationale for certain things, such as the random number generator that he believes God uses to talk to him. It's not a secret, and it's not something anybody is just guessing about.
  - logicallee 13y ago
    That's useful, and you should link it. It would have saved this thread a lot of arguing. (People misinterpreted the issue to be that he hand-coded an OS.)
    - nknighthb 13y ago
      The person who willfully misinterpreted it in that utterly nonsensical way claims to have now done his homework, so he should have found it already. Losethos has left an easily-followed trail across far larger swaths of the internet than just HN. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3434374&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=4 http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=343...
      - logicallee 13y ago
        Is... >>losethos are you schizophrenic? >Definitely. Are you? One minute accusing me of disability fraud, next minute not ntaking meds. ...the extent of your claim that he "he told the world he was schizophrenic" or can you find a more specific link?
        nknighthb 13y ago
        Seems plenty specific to me. There's also [1]. And as far as I've seen, he's never disputed it anywhere. You've edited it from your post now, but that he has strong credentials is neither in dispute nor relevant. Schizophrenia can present at different times in life, and even when its onset is early and obvious, it may not become anywhere close to debilitating for many years, even without any treatment at all. [1] http://www.metafilter.com/119424/An-Operating-System-for-Songs-from-God http://www.metafilter.com/119424/An-Operating-System-for-Son...
        logicallee 13y ago
        Interesting. In spite of all the outbursts, still more readable than Finnegan's Wake, though. I can also see someone doing this exact same thing while trolling. So, for now, I will not go from a look at some guy's weird comment history to making a medical diagnosis of a stranger over the Internet. And I don't think anyone else should either. It would also be interesting for you to apply your diagnosis skills to religious claims throughout history that God has spoken to someone, if you are able to do so over the Internet.
- tokenrove 13y ago
  Comparing Joyce with schizophrenia is to understand neither and to do a grave disservice to both.

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logicallee 13y ago

re: losethos What I've seen of his writing here (by clicking on my profile, turning on showdead, and going to userpage losethos) is about as mad as this, http://www.chartrain.org/PDF/Finnegans.pdf http://www.chartrain.org/PDF/Finnegans.pdf Actually, considerably less mad. Try to read that, and then try to read losethos's comments. which can you at least get some sense out of? Why, losethos - if you ignore the 'crazy' sentences. If you ignore the 'crazy' sentences in the above link, by contrast, you are left with only chapter numbers and the closing words "Paris, 1922-1939." At least in Losethos there is something in between the 'crazy' stuff. Anyway, why did I choose the above link for comparison? Because it's James Joyce! So returning to Losethos. He might be 'stark, raving mad', but at least there's something to read and understand if we ignore all the detours. Anyone who dismisses him outright clearly doesn't have a liberal arts education grounded in having to read real nonsense. After reading some of his posts, I have nothing to declare about his mental health - and neither should you.

nknighthb 13y ago
> I have nothing to declare about his mental health - and neither should you. He told the world he was schizophrenic, as well as describing at various times his (clearly schizophrenic) rationale for certain things, such as the random number generator that he believes God uses to talk to him. It's not a secret, and it's not something anybody is just guessing about.
- logicallee 13y ago
  That's useful, and you should link it. It would have saved this thread a lot of arguing. (People misinterpreted the issue to be that he hand-coded an OS.)
  - nknighthb 13y ago
    The person who willfully misinterpreted it in that utterly nonsensical way claims to have now done his homework, so he should have found it already. Losethos has left an easily-followed trail across far larger swaths of the internet than just HN. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3434374&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=4 http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=343...
    - logicallee 13y ago
      Is... >>losethos are you schizophrenic? >Definitely. Are you? One minute accusing me of disability fraud, next minute not ntaking meds. ...the extent of your claim that he "he told the world he was schizophrenic" or can you find a more specific link?
      - nknighthb 13y ago
        Seems plenty specific to me. There's also [1]. And as far as I've seen, he's never disputed it anywhere. You've edited it from your post now, but that he has strong credentials is neither in dispute nor relevant. Schizophrenia can present at different times in life, and even when its onset is early and obvious, it may not become anywhere close to debilitating for many years, even without any treatment at all. [1] http://www.metafilter.com/119424/An-Operating-System-for-Songs-from-God http://www.metafilter.com/119424/An-Operating-System-for-Son...
        logicallee 13y ago
        Interesting. In spite of all the outbursts, still more readable than Finnegan's Wake, though. I can also see someone doing this exact same thing while trolling. So, for now, I will not go from a look at some guy's weird comment history to making a medical diagnosis of a stranger over the Internet. And I don't think anyone else should either. It would also be interesting for you to apply your diagnosis skills to religious claims throughout history that God has spoken to someone, if you are able to do so over the Internet.
tokenrove 13y ago
Comparing Joyce with schizophrenia is to understand neither and to do a grave disservice to both.