Or, with a little more empathy: he was suffering from schizophrenia.
For my part, I'd just flag anything like this that I see on the front page.
That’s perhaps true for some segment of Internet users. But I believe for just as big a part, there is an understanding and respect for computer use as a coping strategy for hardship.
Writing an operating system while suffering from schizophrenia is a testament to how far that cope might stretch.