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Comment by ars | Hacker News Reader

I'm glad someone is at least noticing this.

I hope he has people around him who are helping him, but I suspect he doesn't.

His whois lists him as living in Las Vegas. Does anyone live there who can at least check that he has someone taking care of him?

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This seems like a bad idea. There are (or at least used to be) a couple of rants about his doctors on his website, so it's clear he's getting treatment of some variety. There's also a reference to his parents, who presumably have been put through enough by his illness without a swarm of internet strangers calling them at home to gawk at their son like a sideshow freak.

His twitter too indicates he's in las Vegas[1].

You can find more information about him and his location on the OS's website[2]:

> Terry A. Davis

> 8144 Sickle Lane

> Las Vegas, NV 89128

> (702)254-4223

1: https://twitter.com/#!/losethos

2: http://www.losethos.com/LTHtml/Doc/TrivialSolutions.html

Do we really want to start posting personal information in a place that gets thousands of views?

Probably not, and I personally avoided doing so.

But on the other hand this personal information was publicly published by the author - no one invaded his privacy to get this information - it's right on his website. (Not to mention whois which is archived by 3rd parties.)

Downvoting someone who provides publicly available information, made public by the person in question himself.

Downvoters, it doesn't get much lower than this. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

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