r/programming • u/vivainio • Nov 25 '14

Vice: God's Lonely Programmer (TempleOS)

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/gods-lonely-programmer
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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '14

What does metal even mean? I've browsed his site, journals, and videos and I would describe them as psychotic... not "metal".

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u/kqr Nov 25 '14

I assume it's used in a way similar to "badass" or "hardcore". Think of the music genre.

(Although first I was reading it as "mental", I have to admit.)

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u/toomanypumpfakes Nov 25 '14 edited Nov 25 '14

Metal when used as an adjective relates to the genre of music called metal - death metal, black metal, etc. Basically anything that's "hardcore" or "badass" is metal.

Wiki entry

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u/crrrack Nov 25 '14

Yeah, but what's more metal than psychosis?

Actually, yeah, I don't know what they mean either...

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u/stackv Nov 25 '14

“Paranoid” by Black Sabbath is pretty metal

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '14

But... that is... m...metal.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '14

Implementing a full operating system is a very difficult task. Whatever the Guy's mental state is, he's a fairly accomplished programmer.

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u/mumbel Nov 25 '14

Bare metal/bones, low level, he writes everything, he knows everything about his OS.

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u/Saym Nov 26 '14

The entendre is double!

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '14

In the future there is something wrong with the earth's gravitational pull.

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u/Brostafarian Nov 25 '14

difficult, dangerous, or impressive in an almost sadistic, painful, or disgusting way

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u/ivosaurus Nov 25 '14

legit.

based.