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Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
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Re: Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
#422Sad news, even sadder that his critics just can't help themselves. He is greater than most, even if flawed.
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#423I hope he’s able to manage it well (since the prognosis is good) and is around for a lot longer. We need absolutists like him who go to extremes and are known widely. For a few moments, leave aside his personality and what people have said about his behavior or hygiene. If he hadn’t been there, our world would’ve been a lot different and a lot poorer. A visionary is what he was and is. While the Free part of FOSS is…
"We need absolutists like him who go to extremes and are known widely." But what is he known for, outside tech circles, if he is known at all? When you want to deliver a message, it matters a lot, how you deliver it.
Does it matter? His message isn't for non-programmers.
What is plato known for among people who don't give a shit about philosophy?
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#424Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not a bad question to ask; the FSF has proven in the past to be rather uninterested and unhelpful in helping developers of medical software get their stuff licensed in a way that's either compliant or as close to as [0] being compliant as possible[1]. Instead they opted to chide those wanting help for not being true believers of the cause and told them they'll never compromise. Basically the usual "FSF is only e…
This is wrong, the GPLv3 only requires installation information for "User Products" (as defined in the license) which the manufacturer can update even if the user can't. Most medical equipment isn't User Products and can't simply be updated by the manufacturer for regulatory reasons. That article was written before the finished GPLv3 was published, they had only published a stricter draft.
User Products would I'm pretty sure still target things like pacemakers and other daily technological appliances some people need to get around and I'm fairly sure those require the same FDA approval process.
Therefore; I'm not wrong.
Re: Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
#425A divisive character and not the easiest to deal with and rather cranky and very set in his ways (his web browsing via an email - eish) but without his early efforts there would have not been the FSF and GNU and later Linux. Right person at the right time - live long and prosper RMS.
Once you start reading some more accurate history of famous people in the past you will find out that pretty much everybody did things that today would get you canceled. Nobody is perfect. World is moved forward by imperfect people that are able to do something productive for the society.
> Nobody is perfect.
Perhaps, but we all know not to make other people uncomfortable by staring at their secondary sex characterists. RMS is an adult, he should know better than to treat women like objects like I saw him do at my university.
Re: Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
#426Crummy streaming. Why isn't this on YouTube?
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Re: Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
#427I hope he’s able to manage it well (since the prognosis is good) and is around for a lot longer. We need absolutists like him who go to extremes and are known widely. For a few moments, leave aside his personality and what people have said about his behavior or hygiene. If he hadn’t been there, our world would’ve been a lot different and a lot poorer. A visionary is what he was and is. While the Free part of FOSS is…
The idealists had it right about global warming too. It's our own incapability to be idealists that will inevitably and ultimately bring about the worst case scenario for global warming.
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#428This is so unfortunate. Cancer used to be something I would just hear other people getting until my Dad got it. The I understood that it was very real and that I can also be a victim. Do you guys know of any ways to reduce your risks of getting cancer? I know not smoking tobacco works. What foods, bad habits should one avoid. What other habits can reduce cancer risks? Are there any prophylactic techniques?
Avoid meat. It will protect against many other bad things, too(1). You can also delve into the world of longevity...
(1) https://veganhealth.org/chronic-disease-and-vegetarian-diets...
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#429Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am not misusing the word. I don't know what their incentives are, but they are just progressively making things worse and more locked down in the name of "progress". Bland, corporate, utterly inoffensive and lifeless "design"? Check. Trying to remove theming from users? Check. etc.... The only reason why they haven't succeeded like other OSes is because it's FOSS. But they really want to take away the user's choice…
>I am not misusing the word Yes you are, see: >they are just progressively making things worse That's things going "shit". That's been around for as long as software has been around (e.g. Borland). Enshitification is a very specific thing: https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/ To quote it: I call this enshittification, and it is a seemingly inevitable consequence arising from the combination of…
It is enshittification because they are making the software worse in opposition to the users. They don't care that the users hate the changes, they still do it anyway, deliberately.
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#430Earlier quoted context omitted.
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I think there are two different things: - the MIT mailing list discussion of a few years ago where he got a lot of flakes for what I indeed believe was a lot of misunderstanding. He seemed reasonable to me, but you really need subtle and careful reading to notice this. It was easy to misread and understand the contrary of was he thinks. I think he should have refrained from participating in this discussion though. Wh…
When I hear stuff like "you need really subtle and careful reading"... it's just an excuse to discount the actual content of the message and invent the meaning you wanted all along. Like, how could I be so stupid to not pick up on this totally opposite point from what RMS was saying?