if he had a chromebook he wouldn't be crying in the stairs. childish
Seriously, how old are you? I've seen, read, done, ... a lot of stupid things but you beat all my expectations.
Rms has his bag stolen in Argentina
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#62Damn, this is not nice. Maybe HN can pitch in to get him a new laptop? I'd donate a few bucks. Edit: What the heck? What's wrong with what I suggested?
I am not so sure that rms cannot afford a laptop. He is in need of more free models to choose from than a few bucks
Okay, maybe we should wait until we're certain. I'd always assumed that life as a travelling philantropist doesn't exactly lead to a decent sum of money. I thought it'd be cool unanticipated thank-you coming at a shitty time for him though.
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#63rms: "I use a Lemote machine which has a free initialization program and a free operating system. " lol
Re: Rms has his bag stolen in Argentina
#64Damn, this is not nice. Maybe HN can pitch in to get him a new laptop? I'd donate a few bucks. Edit: What the heck? What's wrong with what I suggested?
I am not so sure that rms cannot afford a laptop. He is in need of more free models to choose from than a few bucks
It's not a matter of cash affordability, rather cash accessibility (considering his cards and IDs got stolen).
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#65> Despite his controversial views on a variety of topics, his evangelism work all over the world is a true inspiration for countless people
I disagree, I think his evangelism is dangerous and offensive. He goes around telling programmers that they should give their code for free and he belittles anyone who doesn't follow his advice.
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
Like I wrote, he enjoys the ritual of interacting with the audience after the talk. I think most people at this point stop looking at their stuff for a minute.
Like the other guy wrote. He had his passport in the bag. The number one rule of traveling: your passport is your life. There are things in that should not be somebody else's task. Edit: you guys might be right about the troll thing. I'm terribly confused now as I must confess I agree with a troll..
I also agree with the troll and it really does look like that was deliberate trolling. But really, it made sense anyway. You're not allowed to criticize Stallman on HN. I found that out the hard way. It's frowned upon even more than criticizing Steve Jobs (both before and after his passing). But since you brought this up I'd also like to add that I question how this got to the front page. I mean, yeah it sucks and I feel for the guy but this stuff happens. It's not like it was Obama or his bag was filled with national security secrets or a cure for cancer. I can summarize the story in a few words: Stallman had his bag containing his passport and important personal items stolen at a talk he gave. He was very upset. Really? That's big news? I could see bloggers passing the story around but when it ends up here I begin to wonder how much longer before HN is "not like it used to be".
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
He had his passport. I believe he is currently traveling through South America to give FOSS talks in many universities. I believe part of the issue is that because of this very details, it puts an end to his trip which has been rough and marked by health issues. What I don't understand is why the post's author dares mentioning how RMS reacted. A bit of decency is always a nice thing to have, not to mention due respec…
Decency? We're adults, we respect him like other humans and we can handle the real story. At least we should have the decency to.
You're right on your last point however the way he initially reacted didn't add anything to the story. It was the nervous reaction of a man who realized the trip he had spent days organizing was being called off because of one individual.
Having personally met RMS and knowing other persons that have the same type of condition, I would say that those people need some respect in the way they handle emotions and other social artifacts.
Simply throwing a verb doesn't give enough depth for a correct understanding. In that regard, it's disrespectful.
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#68> The report goes on to convey the truly heartbreaking image of a hopeless RMS sitting at the university staircase, crying.
Words fail me.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
Like the other guy wrote. He had his passport in the bag. The number one rule of traveling: your passport is your life. There are things in that should not be somebody else's task. Edit: you guys might be right about the troll thing. I'm terribly confused now as I must confess I agree with a troll..
I also agree with the troll and it really does look like that was deliberate trolling. But really, it made sense anyway. You're not allowed to criticize Stallman on HN. I found that out the hard way. It's frowned upon even more than criticizing Steve Jobs (both before and after his passing). But since you brought this up I'd also like to add that I question how this got to the front page. I mean, yeah it sucks and I…
I've criticized both RMS and Jobs on HN. People upvoted me for it. The quality of your arguments matters a lot in those and similar cases because people are more inclined to downvote for a poor argument where they would otherwise let it slide.
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#70> Despite his controversial views on a variety of topics, his evangelism work all over the world is a true inspiration for countless people I disagree, I think his evangelism is dangerous and offensive. He goes around telling programmers that they should give their code for free and he belittles anyone who doesn't follow his advice.
How is that dangerous or offensive? You don't have to agree with his hardfast approach on all Free Software, all the time, but I think software freedom in general is incredibly important to society and I'm glad we have someone like RMS who believes so strongly in it. Being uncompromising can be both a vice and a virtue.