TempleOS: – God, the Random Number Generator

This is certainly a well-known phenomenon, both on here and other similar websites. However, the subject matter is genuinely interesting (there’s a lot to be learned from the design of TempleOS and HolyC) and the linked blog post adds new content to the discussion instead of simply rehashing the argument. She does a great job of avoiding most of the controversy in both of the posts in the series, which can’t always be said for many of the other articles on this topic. The first couple of paragraphs probably weren’t necessary, but they did provide context for people who were unaware.

I find it deeply unfortunate that we can’t have a good discussion on the interesting technical aspects of Terry’s project as opposed to the man himself, especially since the post is about one particular technical feature.

Works fine for me on iOS Safari / Chrome.

It's more unwise than annoying.

>I think Terry was more right than most of us would dare to admit. Playing with the thought of setting up a fund to build a statue in his honor!!

Not the kind of comment I was expecting to find there. I was told lobsters was "a more serious alternative to HN".

I started reading the article hoping it would be about a clever alternative implementation for random number generators, but closed the tab after reading the first two paragraphs.

Post about random number generators, meh, post about TempleOS while stirring the pot... Top HN. But yeah, historically mental illness was closely linked to divine inspiration. Before modern times it is very likely Terry would have been some sort of oracle in a temple. To a schizophrenic benign things start having meaning and they focus on those things and build a whole narrative around them, in this case a whole technology is built around it. How is that not different from any religion. A whole system of meaning and narrative is built around things that to an outsider seem silly or insane and yet they utilize some common ideas that have a lot of resonance to all of humanity.

Schizophrenia is a spectrum disorder, (meaning there are high functioning schizophrenics that can go about routinely in their lives), of unknown origin, maybe it's a way for some sort of virus or bacteria to control all of human society. Maybe it's a normal part of human behavior and society and has been for a long time.

It's part of an ongoing series about TempleOS. TempleOS is the point of the article, not "porting a random number generator."

I don't think that starting with the King James Bible is a particularly useful approach for random number generation in WASM.

It's an article about TempleOS and the author is (briefly) trying to put TempleOS's use of randomness in context. Perhaps the interpretation is too superficial or inaccurate for your tastes and standards but it's not really 'inexplicable' nor do you need 'sources' every time you write (or read!) a bit of introductory material.