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Cool site. If you want a laugh, check out RMS's: http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com

giu 17y ago
pg presented his setup, too: http://paul.graham.usesthis.com/ http://paul.graham.usesthis.com/
- johns 17y ago
  Re-reading that makes me think pg is thrilled about his iPad (which I'm assuming he bought)
  - borism 17y ago
    I bet he isn't thrilled about iPad - can't connect it to HD screen and he wasn't such a big fan of iPhone OS either.
- code_duck 17y ago
  Wow. What? I have now realized that all this time, I had absolutely no idea what Paul Graham looked like!
- frederickcook 17y ago
  "I'd like it if the Air was about half the size. I don't know why Apple won't make something in between the Air and an iPhone." I'd have thought this was a joke if it was published a couple months ago, but I'm pretty sure March 2009 was before the iSlate rumors ever started. Good call, pg.
- MarkPilgrim 17y ago
  Mine: http://mark.pilgrim.usesthis.com/ http://mark.pilgrim.usesthis.com/ HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1089512 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1089512
dzlobin 17y ago
RMS' setup just makes me sad
- jgrahamc 17y ago
  I read RMS' setup and found it inspirational. He has strong convictions and he lives by them, even though they cause him personal pain.
  - axod 17y ago
    Having strong convictions and living in pain is cool if it makes a difference in the world. I'm not convinced RMS not using anything that has 'unfree' software makes any difference to anyone or anything. He's deluded himself into believing that he has more freedom than people who use closed source software. I wonder if he wears a digital watch, owns a TV, drives a car, uses a printer etc etc. All of which have closed source software within.
    - froo 17y ago
      >I wonder if he wears a digital watch, owns a TV, drives a car, uses a printer etc etc. All of which have closed source software within. I'd never seen a pic of RMS before the above link, but given how he looks like a cross between a hippy, a geek and a caveman, I'd say highly unlikely. (btw, not trying to put the man down, I admire his work!)
    - mixmax 17y ago
      You underestimate the signal he sends by instisting on free software. If you look at the isolated incident of RMS insisting on only using machines where the software is free (as in freedom) it doesn't make mucha of a difference as you say. But if you look at the greater picture where RMS is one of the premier advocates for free software it makes a huge difference. He gains credibility by the bucketloads by refusing to use nonfree software, and he can't be called a hypocrite - he actually acts as he preaches. Look at Jgrahamc's comment above for an example. Whether or not it gives him personal freedom I don't know.
code_duck 17y ago
He's living his life within emacs, as the Lord intended, and I imagine he is thus quite pleased.
zppx 17y ago
Just because someone adopts a different lifestyle I do not think we should laugh at him, or do you laugh when you see a sikh with a turban?
- iuguy 17y ago
  Your comment comes across as though there's an implication that someone that laughs at an indvidual is racist in some way, although I'm hoping that wasn't how it was intended. I don't laugh at RMS anymore. I feel pity for him. Sure he's written some programs that are used by a lot of people but he wants to appropriate the word freedom for his own purposes. Anyone that doesn't do things that fit his definition of freedom is not allowed to use terms like 'Free' and when it comes to that he can be a bit of a troll and in some ways self-parodying, but don't ask me, just talk to anyone using an MIT or BSD licence who's crossed swords with him.
  - zppx 17y ago
    > "Your comment comes across as though there's an implication that someone that laughs at an indvidual is racist in some way" No, I'm not, you could simply exchange "Sikh with turban" with "guy with a female swimsuit in Manhattan financial district", anyway, sorry for that, my english is awful for non-technical purposes. For the second paragraph, I do agree with you, but I still think we must not laugh at him or at anyone using a esoteric hardware combination for whatever reason there is in their heads, justified or not, one more information, I saw Stallman at a presentation in the past and he had a HP laptop back in 2002.
  - lutorm 17y ago
    "he wants to appropriate the word freedom for his own purposes" That's a crime shared by about anyone with political opinions in the US.
    - lutorm 17y ago
      I assume you're downvoting me because your idea of freedom is the true one?
hh 17y ago
Too much of anything is not good for you. Middleway is the path to follow.

giu 17y ago

pg presented his setup, too: http://paul.graham.usesthis.com/ http://paul.graham.usesthis.com/

johns 17y ago
Re-reading that makes me think pg is thrilled about his iPad (which I'm assuming he bought)
- borism 17y ago
  I bet he isn't thrilled about iPad - can't connect it to HD screen and he wasn't such a big fan of iPhone OS either.
code_duck 17y ago
Wow. What? I have now realized that all this time, I had absolutely no idea what Paul Graham looked like!
frederickcook 17y ago
"I'd like it if the Air was about half the size. I don't know why Apple won't make something in between the Air and an iPhone." I'd have thought this was a joke if it was published a couple months ago, but I'm pretty sure March 2009 was before the iSlate rumors ever started. Good call, pg.
MarkPilgrim 17y ago
Mine: http://mark.pilgrim.usesthis.com/ http://mark.pilgrim.usesthis.com/ HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1089512 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1089512

dzlobin 17y ago

RMS' setup just makes me sad

jgrahamc 17y ago
I read RMS' setup and found it inspirational. He has strong convictions and he lives by them, even though they cause him personal pain.
- axod 17y ago
  Having strong convictions and living in pain is cool if it makes a difference in the world. I'm not convinced RMS not using anything that has 'unfree' software makes any difference to anyone or anything. He's deluded himself into believing that he has more freedom than people who use closed source software. I wonder if he wears a digital watch, owns a TV, drives a car, uses a printer etc etc. All of which have closed source software within.
  - froo 17y ago
    >I wonder if he wears a digital watch, owns a TV, drives a car, uses a printer etc etc. All of which have closed source software within. I'd never seen a pic of RMS before the above link, but given how he looks like a cross between a hippy, a geek and a caveman, I'd say highly unlikely. (btw, not trying to put the man down, I admire his work!)
  - mixmax 17y ago
    You underestimate the signal he sends by instisting on free software. If you look at the isolated incident of RMS insisting on only using machines where the software is free (as in freedom) it doesn't make mucha of a difference as you say. But if you look at the greater picture where RMS is one of the premier advocates for free software it makes a huge difference. He gains credibility by the bucketloads by refusing to use nonfree software, and he can't be called a hypocrite - he actually acts as he preaches. Look at Jgrahamc's comment above for an example. Whether or not it gives him personal freedom I don't know.

code_duck 17y ago

He's living his life within emacs, as the Lord intended, and I imagine he is thus quite pleased.

zppx 17y ago

Just because someone adopts a different lifestyle I do not think we should laugh at him, or do you laugh when you see a sikh with a turban?

iuguy 17y ago
Your comment comes across as though there's an implication that someone that laughs at an indvidual is racist in some way, although I'm hoping that wasn't how it was intended. I don't laugh at RMS anymore. I feel pity for him. Sure he's written some programs that are used by a lot of people but he wants to appropriate the word freedom for his own purposes. Anyone that doesn't do things that fit his definition of freedom is not allowed to use terms like 'Free' and when it comes to that he can be a bit of a troll and in some ways self-parodying, but don't ask me, just talk to anyone using an MIT or BSD licence who's crossed swords with him.
- zppx 17y ago
  > "Your comment comes across as though there's an implication that someone that laughs at an indvidual is racist in some way" No, I'm not, you could simply exchange "Sikh with turban" with "guy with a female swimsuit in Manhattan financial district", anyway, sorry for that, my english is awful for non-technical purposes. For the second paragraph, I do agree with you, but I still think we must not laugh at him or at anyone using a esoteric hardware combination for whatever reason there is in their heads, justified or not, one more information, I saw Stallman at a presentation in the past and he had a HP laptop back in 2002.
- lutorm 17y ago
  "he wants to appropriate the word freedom for his own purposes" That's a crime shared by about anyone with political opinions in the US.
  - lutorm 17y ago
    I assume you're downvoting me because your idea of freedom is the true one?

hh 17y ago

Too much of anything is not good for you. Middleway is the path to follow.