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TempleOS | Down the Rabbit Hole

Fredrik Knudsen · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Documentaries & storytellingMental health & neurodiversityOperating systems & kernels

What it is

Fredrik Knudsen's 86-minute documentary on Terry A. Davis, creator of TempleOS, tracing his work, his schizophrenia and his decline. It is a chronological video essay built on his public posts and videos.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Regarded as the definitive, if heartbreaking, account of Terry Davis and TempleOS.

  • 7 people recommended it
  • 8 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here is a great video on TempleOS and Terry Davis himself.”

    Chronological account of the OS's development and Davis's life

    sas41, 2019-06 · Strong recommendation · in “TempleOS: – God, the Random Number Generator”

  2. “This video is the definitive rundown on his life and illness”

    Definitive rundown of Davis's life and illness

    Rendello, 2021-12 · Strong recommendation · in “TinkerOS: A Fork of TempleOS”

  3. “It's pretty heart-breaking to watch, though.”

    Long, heart-breaking video essay on Terry Davis and TempleOS

    beezischillin, 2019-01 · Recommendation · in “Troubled legacy of Terry Davis, ‘God’s lonely programmer’”

  4. “The video does a pretty good job of explaining the whole story if you have time.”

    Explains the whole story behind the author's infamous posts

    kuroguro, 2019-02 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: The operating system I built as my high school project (2016)”

  5. “It is in-depth and important, although very challenging because of the subject matter.”

    In-depth, challenging video essay on Terry Davis's life and death

    jszymborski, 2019-05 · Recommendation · in “TempleOS: Installation”

  6. “There's another (lengthy) video that I watched on Terry and TempleOS recently here [1] which was quite good.”

    Lengthy, good video on Terry and TempleOS

    lethologica, 2019-11 · Recommendation · in “The Digital Human – Terry A. Davis and Temple OS”

  7. “Check out this Down the Rabbit Hole video about him.”

    Video about the genius programmer behind TempleOS

    qzx_pierri, 2022-11 · Recommendation · in “NSA urges orgs to use memory-safe programming languages”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: templeos, terry davis, schizophrenia, operating systems, video essay

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