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So, none then? I've written zero operating systems, and like two userland tools (mostly special-purpose file archiving and packing stuff because I didn't know a

So, none then? I've written zero operating systems, and like two userland tools (mostly special-purpose file archiving and packing stuff because I didn't know about tar). Then again, I still have respect for people that have bashed together crappy toy OSs. Most people are worthless (just look at the distribution of wealth on this planet), most art is worthless, etc. etc. If we judged all our actions based on some silly notion of how ultimately worthless they were, we never would've gotten out of the trees because why bother. As my mom used to say, a doodle has a right to be a doodle. Lighten up.

ebbv 11y ago
> Most people are worthless (just look at the distribution of wealth on this planet), What? People only have worth if they have money? Are you a sociopath? > As my mom used to say, a doodle has a right to be a doodle. Lighten up. Again your response is a non-sequitur. I'm talking about how we shouldn't give Terry/TempleOS serious attention and you're responding like I'm telling him he doesn't have a right to exist. Those aren't the same things. He can keep writing TempleOS as much as he wants. But I think we as a community are doing a disservice by treating it as if it's anything but what it is. If he was a kid it would be one thing, but he's an adult. He should be told honestly that his creation is terrible. Just like everybody tells Uwe Boll his movies are bad.
- angersock 11y ago
  To quote you: What possible use does it serve? Morbid curiosity is the best you can say for it. That critique applies to lots of humans, especially those in the third-world working purely at a subsistence level in their own communities and with only insubstantial capital in their ownership. Their dreams will never amount to anything, and the vast majority will never know they even existed. That, incidentally, is why I think that critique is repugnant--whether applied to a person or their work. The fact that you haven't (presumably, though you might just be too shy to admit actual experience) implemented an operating system gives me reason to think you don't actually know what constitutes "terrible". Unless you can list facts and deficiencies of the system compared with others, you're just being parroting an opinion. As for Boll--he actually kinda knows what he's doing: http://www.cinemablend.com/features/Uwe-Boll-Money-For-Nothing-209.html http://www.cinemablend.com/features/Uwe-Boll-Money-For-Nothi... .
  - ebbv 11y ago
    > That critique applies to lots of humans, especially those in the third-world working purely at a subsistence level in their own communities and with only insubstantial capital in their ownership. No, it doesn't. These people have friends and families. The fact that you think your line of reasoning is at all comparable to mine is some kind of problem with your own logic. > The fact that you haven't (presumably, though you might just be too shy to admit actual experience) implemented an operating system gives me reason to think you don't actually know what constitutes "terrible". Unless you can list facts and deficiencies of the system compared with others, you're just being parroting an opinion. Now I'm 100% certain you've got mental issues. I addressed this ridiculous criticism. > As for Boll--he actually kinda knows what he's doing: http://www.cinemablend.com/features/Uwe-Boll-Money-For-Nothi.. http://www.cinemablend.com/features/Uwe-Boll-Money-For-Nothi.... . Again you think money equals worth, and just shows everything that's wrong with your own perspective.
    - dang 11y ago
      > I'm 100% certain you've got mental issues [...] You are not worth my time This is unacceptable in a Hacker News comment. Please comment civilly or not at all. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
      - ebbv 11y ago
        Great timing you've got there with deciding to step in. How about actually paying attention to the spamming and gaming of the system instead of jumping on me for getting annoyed with someone making me repeatedly explain myself? I even removed part of what you quoted before you responded, and the part I didn't remove is obviously half joking.
        dang 11y ago
        Sorry I missed your edit—and thanks for editing to make your comment more civil—but what remains is still not ok, and there have been other examples recently. Language like that adds noise rather than signal, and causes harm even if the intention wasn't to. When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

ebbv 11y ago

> Most people are worthless (just look at the distribution of wealth on this planet), What? People only have worth if they have money? Are you a sociopath? > As my mom used to say, a doodle has a right to be a doodle. Lighten up. Again your response is a non-sequitur. I'm talking about how we shouldn't give Terry/TempleOS serious attention and you're responding like I'm telling him he doesn't have a right to exist. Those aren't the same things. He can keep writing TempleOS as much as he wants. But I think we as a community are doing a disservice by treating it as if it's anything but what it is. If he was a kid it would be one thing, but he's an adult. He should be told honestly that his creation is terrible. Just like everybody tells Uwe Boll his movies are bad.

angersock 11y ago
To quote you: What possible use does it serve? Morbid curiosity is the best you can say for it. That critique applies to lots of humans, especially those in the third-world working purely at a subsistence level in their own communities and with only insubstantial capital in their ownership. Their dreams will never amount to anything, and the vast majority will never know they even existed. That, incidentally, is why I think that critique is repugnant--whether applied to a person or their work. The fact that you haven't (presumably, though you might just be too shy to admit actual experience) implemented an operating system gives me reason to think you don't actually know what constitutes "terrible". Unless you can list facts and deficiencies of the system compared with others, you're just being parroting an opinion. As for Boll--he actually kinda knows what he's doing: http://www.cinemablend.com/features/Uwe-Boll-Money-For-Nothing-209.html http://www.cinemablend.com/features/Uwe-Boll-Money-For-Nothi... .
- ebbv 11y ago
  > That critique applies to lots of humans, especially those in the third-world working purely at a subsistence level in their own communities and with only insubstantial capital in their ownership. No, it doesn't. These people have friends and families. The fact that you think your line of reasoning is at all comparable to mine is some kind of problem with your own logic. > The fact that you haven't (presumably, though you might just be too shy to admit actual experience) implemented an operating system gives me reason to think you don't actually know what constitutes "terrible". Unless you can list facts and deficiencies of the system compared with others, you're just being parroting an opinion. Now I'm 100% certain you've got mental issues. I addressed this ridiculous criticism. > As for Boll--he actually kinda knows what he's doing: http://www.cinemablend.com/features/Uwe-Boll-Money-For-Nothi.. http://www.cinemablend.com/features/Uwe-Boll-Money-For-Nothi.... . Again you think money equals worth, and just shows everything that's wrong with your own perspective.
  - dang 11y ago
    > I'm 100% certain you've got mental issues [...] You are not worth my time This is unacceptable in a Hacker News comment. Please comment civilly or not at all. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
    - ebbv 11y ago
      Great timing you've got there with deciding to step in. How about actually paying attention to the spamming and gaming of the system instead of jumping on me for getting annoyed with someone making me repeatedly explain myself? I even removed part of what you quoted before you responded, and the part I didn't remove is obviously half joking.
      - dang 11y ago
        Sorry I missed your edit—and thanks for editing to make your comment more civil—but what remains is still not ok, and there have been other examples recently. Language like that adds noise rather than signal, and causes harm even if the intention wasn't to. When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html