"I did write some code in Java once, but the code was in C and Lisp (I simply happened to be in Java at the time ;-)" - heh
Richard Stallman: How I do my computing
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#12Stallman's computing page has been up for years. How is it now appearing on HN?
1. HN accepts new submissions of previously submitted links after a particular period.
2. Someone who was seeing it for the first time thought it would be of interest to HN users.
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#13I do agree some of these stuff. I find C++ ugly too. I pay for everything in cash. For email service, I just run my own; it does not use any webpages at all.
They also mention nonfree JavaScript codes in webpages. Even if it is free, it does not necessarily mean that it is the program that you want to run, and even if it is, you might want to modify the program and then to run the modified version; most web browser software does not seem to consider such thing.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
> cambridge / boston area university Is this a long winded way of saying “Harvard”?
Slow clap...
Apparently the Harvard Scandals and high incidents of rape on campus are finally catching up with Harvard, nevermind the awful things its alumni have done: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/10/fashion/harvard-scandal-a...
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#15There's something very enticing about someone who's principled and has managed to stick to their principles. I'm honestly not sure how I feel about it in Stallman's case. I wish the world had stuck to his principles, but it clearly hasn't and it's unlikely it will ever inch closer. That's not to claim that he should reverse course or abandon his position. It does transform his stance from a political one to a persona…
> I wish the world had stuck to his principles, but it clearly hasn't and it's unlikely it will ever inch closer
This puts perfectly my thoughts on stallman. I think the world would certainly be a better place if everyone adhered to his principles. However, I think his way is neither the best way nor the improvement which can most successfully be brought into action.
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#16> I skimmed documentation of Python after people told me it was fundamentally similar to Lisp. My conclusion is that that is not so. `read', `eval', and `print' are all missing in Python.
I believe he may be mistaken about this :D
Then again, he's a stickler for definitions. He may have some very specific idea in mind about these functions that the `input`, `eval` and `print` functions somehow don't satisfy
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#17Most people think he is a kook.
I wonder what they will think once we're all on the Chinese-style "social credit" system--if we're even allowed to have our own thoughts by then?
Oh, I'm sorry Mr. Six-Pack, but your insulin refill has been declined.
Why?!
Our records indicate that you ordered chicken for lunch yesterday, and chose fried instead of baked. I'm so sorry. Have a nice day!
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#19> I reject Facebook because it requires each used (i.e., person used by Facebook) to have just one account,
I'm never sure whether I admire him or think he's a holy fool, but I do like the way he reframes "users" as "used" here.
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#20There's something very enticing about someone who's principled and has managed to stick to their principles. I'm honestly not sure how I feel about it in Stallman's case. I wish the world had stuck to his principles, but it clearly hasn't and it's unlikely it will ever inch closer. That's not to claim that he should reverse course or abandon his position. It does transform his stance from a political one to a persona…
> I wish the world had stuck to his principles, but it clearly hasn't and it's unlikely it will ever inch closer This puts perfectly my thoughts on stallman. I think the world would certainly be a better place if everyone adhered to his principles. However, I think his way is neither the best way nor the improvement which can most successfully be brought into action.
I don't think it is necessary that everyone does things Stallman's way; the fact that rms knows what his principles are, articulates them clearly, and lives according to them consistently provides an informative example from which the rest of us can borrow whichever elements we find useful. We don't all need to live like Stallman does for his ideas to have value, because he's already doing that for us. He is essentially a modern secular prophet.