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I don't need "modern alternatives" to things that aren't broken. I'm not interested in replacing my one tool with N others when I understand my threat model and understand the bene…

PGP is still widely deployed, whether you like it or not. "I don't like it" isn't a valid argument for considering something "legacy", when it works just fine for certain cases.

I'm a father of 7- and 5-year-olds, and I constantly think of this. I have some anxiety issues and frequently have mild panic attacks, which can have symptoms similar to heart atta…

rms refers to this combination as "GNU/kWindows". I wrote about GNU's perspective back in 2016: https://mikegerwitz.com/2016/04/gnu-kwindows Please remember that GNU is not just a …

The fact that this comment was flagged is deeply troubling to me.

This is a late reply, but thanks for your input. I'll look into them further. What interests me is your replacing Dovecot + Sieve with your MUA; I'll have to see if I want to do th…

I haven't researched Notmuch, but I've heard some interesting things about it. I used to use Mutt back in the day. Whatever I use would have to have Org integration, though. Tbh, I…

Most of my communication with various people/communities is done via mail. For those using Emacs: I use a Kanban (or GTD, depending)-style workflow using Org mode and Gnus. Org mod…

For more information, see the GNU Coding Standards: https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#References In particular: > A GNU program should not recommend, promote, or gr…

I also want to highlight what I wrote in 2015 about GitLab's commitment to free software: https://about.gitlab.com/2015/05/20/gitlab-gitorious-free-so...

> Note IceCat is not very well maintained. Its maintainer is working on upgrading to the latest ESR now. If anyone is interested in helping maintain IceCat, please e-mail maintaine…

Good catch: https://www.gnu.org/software/taler/ I'll contact Christian Grothoff today and make sure nothing suspicious is going on and ask him to update the GNU forward if the doma…

Those interested in how prototypes and classical inheritance relate (and don't) may be interested in work I did on GNU ease.js, which works with ECMAScript 3+. I have since extende…

That's orthogonal to the issue. Of course you have the freedom to refrain from use of any technology, unless you're somehow being mandated by law to use it.

No. You aren't being denied your freedoms on someone else's computer because you have no right to exercise them to begin with---it's not yours. It's the same concept with the AGPL-…

You need to do it properly; the comic is misleading on its own. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-p...

I use Automake and Autoconf (which generates the Makefile) for GNU ease.js: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/easejs.git/tree/Makefile.a... https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/easejs…

I use them frequently. Having to write something like `(car (car (cdr foo)))` is common (`caadr`).

Conventions exist in every language. `car', `cons', and `cdr' are also part of certain standards (e.g. RnRS). And, honestly, they compose a bit better than `first', and `rest' for …

Yes, you're correct. R7RS at least explicitly reserves brackets and braces, and only acknowledges parenthesis in its syntax.

Some lisps use parenthesis and brackets interchangeably. Some people prefer to strategically alternate them, but you're free to use them exclusively. Guile Scheme, for example: sch…