[MusicOS]

My work is on my personal non-networked operating system, LoseThos. It has per-file compression, so most files are stored compressed. The source code is not ASCII and it only compiles with my own C-ish compiler.

I have no use for github.

I am more likely to hire than be hired, though.

I wrote 135,000 lines of code over the past 9 years, including a kernel, 64-bit compiler, graphics library, boot loaders, device drivers, editor, tools like grep, etc., and 150 demo programs. 9 years is a very long time.

EDIT: I'm being downvoted. The Internet is a reeducation camp. Picard, there are 4 lights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_eSwq1ewsU

This is just brainwashing.

You have to believe in God to be hired.

I'm looking for partners, I suppose. Useless in a reeducation camp, though.

I'm sick of hearing 20-year-old linux zealots saying how useful github is for hiring.

This is off-topic, but I cracked-up laughing on a radio phone-in show where a woman said how glad she was not having an abortion because her downs (or something) child was such a joy. She, then, proceeded to tell all the stuff she had to do for it.

[vidarh]

It's been fascinating to see what you have written about LoseThos earlier. It's an impressive accomplishment. Even more so given the challenges you are facing with your illness.

[xentronium]

Man, seeing how talented you are and at the same time out of this world and rejected makes me incredibly sad.

[1] http://qaa.ath.cx/LoseThos.html -- for some background

[AYBABTME]

Wow, I'm lucky enough to catch a glimpse of LoseThos author.

I saw videos of your OS a few weeks ago and was quite perturbed (by all the flashy stuff). However I'd be curious in seeing the source of your OS. I think it disappeared at some point.

For the Github thing, I see no reason not to post code on Github as an attempt to show our linux zealot skills to eventual employers. It's better that than to just brag about code without actually showing anything.

[viraptor]

He's posting a lot of comments here, but the previous account got hellbanned some time ago. I guess this one will follow soon.

[prodigal_erik]

> You have to believe in God to be hired.

I have the impression you're in the US. If so, this is illegal. You can treat business partners this way, but not employee candidates.

http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html

[Kudos]

I'm surprised you managed to squeeze something relevant to the topic in your bragging.

[longjohnbenton]

You are the crazy hobo of HN. Why are your videos called "Songs by God and Me"? Why do you screenshots just show crazy screens full of text rather than displaying actual features?

[CodeMage]

"Crazy hobo of HN"? I've been on HN for more than 3 years now and let me tell you: I would find it infinitely less distressing to have to read through his comments (were he not hellbanned) over and over again in every discussion than to see your unnecessarily uncivil comment only once.

He at least has a good reason why his comments are the way they are. You have no such excuse and I'm ashamed that your comment has not been downvoted into oblivion.

[eropple]

I'm sympathetic to the guy, but I don't think I agree with you (though I upvoted your post because I agree with your sentiment if not your particulars).

A lot of LoseThos's previous posts have been ranting about Jews, Muslims, black people, et al. and while it may be a touch uncivil of me to say it, there's much less value-add than value-subtract there. He certainly has a reason for his behavior, but I hesitate to call it an excuse (and I note that you didn't, but you compared it to the lack of an excuse for the post you replied to) and I strongly feel it shouldn't be tolerated regardless of reason.

[Kudos]

Because he's schizophrenic. He's spoken about it before.

[longjohnbenton]

He should be fucking locked up then.

[ignignokt]

As a schizophrenic myself (fine now with medication) it makes me sad when I see comments like this. The stigma is immense, I've yet to tell someone I know without being treated completely differently by them.

Edit (just thought I'd expand a bit on the comment): Schizophrenia's a ridiculously wide disease, if you ever look at the symptom list in the DSM you'll see just how many symptoms are possible, personally I spent 2 years doing essentially nothing (i.e barely any social contact, no programming etc.) and only hallucinated a few times. The problem with treating schizophrenia's mainly the drugs that can help (antipsychotics) are a) expensive and b) really hard to comply with due to the side effects (personally I can easily sleep 12 hours a day due to mine and you're always at risk for tardive dyskinesia).

It'd be nice to live in a world where having a mental illness wasn't seen by a lot of people as a personal failing of some kind, but we're nowhere near there yet.

[olalonde]

I bet you get that question a lot, but I just read http://lesswrong.com/lw/e25/bayes_for_schizophrenics_reasoni... and was wondering if it was possible for a schizophrenic to tell whether he is hallucinating. Also, would be really nice to hear your thoughts on that article. Thanks!

[ignignokt]

My worst hallucination was when I thought people were breaking into the house I was living in at the time. For me at least there was absolutely no difference between the people I was seeing who weren't there and the police I called because I thought people were breaking in. Eventually the police ended up essentially walking me around my house proving to me there was no one there and even then I was still "making up" lamer and lamer pieces of evidence for the break in in my mind.

I told them several times I wasn't hallucinating and I think they were pretty freaked out about the whole thing until they found my meds and realised I wasn't high or abusing some other drugs.

Retrospectively it's pretty easy to see the point where I started seeing things but at the time (at least for me) it was a really slow and insidious process.

I read the article but luckily for me I was never really delusional for very long at all, aside from a couple of incidents like the one above I wasn't really hit by the hallucination/delusional side of schizophrenia so I'm not really qualified to talk about what it's like but I've read before that (sort of like bipolar patients) a lot of schizophrenia patients simply refuse to believe anything's wrong at all, which is one of the big challenges when trying to gain medication compliance.

[vidarh]

It disgusts me to see that kind of response. It's a mental illness, yes. It can be disruptive, yes. But what has he done to you to deserve a nasty response like that?

Schizophrenia patients are rarely put in long term inpatient care any more - whether voluntary or not - in any case, because it is rarely necessary.

[raganwald]

Try reading this:

http://tallguywrites.livejournal.com/133179.html

It's a comic about Schizophrenia.

[mikeash]

No, he should be treated.

[MusicOS]

CIA doesn't want other operating systems. CIA==KGB

Duh! You think they would let another operating system exist! ROFLMAO Win8

You can have your starry eyed view of the US.

Back in 2001 when I made SimStructure, the CIA made SimStructure. I learned my reality is a joke like the 1960's the prisoner. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRPDO63rI1E

I get no emails, except FBI.

[tptacek]

There are worse things people can be...

[olalonde]

http://warmowski.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/losethos-when-god-...

[MusicOS]

I got upvoted, so I think I'm misunderstood. I'm not a troll, though. My internet has only democratic atheist linux zealots. It's like there are no republicans or believers in God, so it sure looks like a reeducation camp.

I heard 70% of Americans believe in God. That's a low estimate compared to others I've heard. WTF! I'm in a CIA camp!

It makes sense the CIA sure as hell does not want an operating system without back-doors and police tracking logs. Duh! Mine's not networked, so it's harmless. Guess not.

Find a single Republican or believer in God on this site: http://www.reddit.com/ Where are my people -- the 70%?

[eli_gottlieb]

Your schizophrenia is acting up again, but try the various subreddits devoted to specific religions.