Terry Davis: Rises to Throne
Why Hacker News recommends it
Linked in memorial threads as his last video.
What it is
A two-minute video by TempleOS creator Terry Davis, posted on August 11, 2018, the day he died.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2018 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Cites esaym · 2018-09 · on “Terry Davis of TempleOS has died”
The current theory is he was hit by a train: From his last video(Aug 11th 2018): [this video] We see he is at the Dalles county library. Later in the evening (Aug 11th, 2018), The Dalles Chronicle reports an unknown man was hit by a train: [LINK] Reports mention Terminal street and either 1st or 2nd street. A map: [LINK] Also the Terry Davis facebook page is more than likely not Terry. It appears that the twitter handle "TheTemple" created it and fooled his relatives into accepting the friend requests. The family has no reason to make any of this public, I doubt they realize the extent of his internet following. But "TheTemple" could see their private posts and pictures mentioning Terry's d
Cites forapurpose · 2018-09 · on “Terry Davis has died”
The post linked to by the parent is just an unfounded rumor created by someone on Reddit, with very little basis: I'm going to call it. From his last video(Aug 11th 2018): [this video] We see he is at the Dalles county library. Later in the evening (Aug 11th, 2018), The Dalles Chronicle reports an unknown man was hit by a train: [LINK]
Cites Born_Again · 2018-09 · on “Terry Davis Confirmation: Man killed by train had tech following”
It saddens me that people are more comfortable watching videos of gore than a person suffering from a mental illness. It saddens me that America lacks mental health awareness. > I can't believe this is real. About 1% of Americans suffer from schizophrenia [0] and for many of those, this video shows what they and their family face on a daily basis. You and the people around you probably don't ever experience what happens in those gore videos, but we are surrounded by people who suffer from schizophrenia and other mental disorders. There is currently no cure for schizophrenia and the best treatment is therapy and antipsychotic medication. If the person who is suffering from schizophrenia decid
Cites hugh4life · 2019-04 · on “Working as a librarian gave me PTSD symptoms”
The last place TempleOS's Terry A Davis did a video before he died was outside a library. [this video] "I really like this library. So uh, come here use their computer and smoke out here. They must have been freaking out because such an impure person was in their presence."
Cites wolfhumble · 2020-05 · on “TempleOS”
Oh, I wasn't aware of his passing . . . According to his Wikipedia page #1) He passed away August 11, 2018, just the same day he posted his last video on YouTube (the same as included on his TempleOS home page): [this video] His Wikipedia #1) page says the following about his passing: "Investigators could not determine whether his death was suicide or accidental, although the train engineer believed his death to be a suicide. The police report stated that Davis was walking with his back toward the train and that he turned around before the moment of impact". Bless his soul! #1) [LINK]
Cites St_Alfonzo · 2022-11 · on “Zeal OS is a modernized fork of the Temple Operating System”
> "It's good to be King. Wait. Maybe. I think maybe I'm just a bizarre little person who walks back and forth." [this video] His last Video. Aug. 11, 2018.