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I honestly believe that in this day and age Richard Stallman's way of viewing computing is haplessly out of touch and no longer relevant. I say this as someone
by tessi3r 8y ago
I honestly believe that in this day and age Richard Stallman's way of viewing computing is haplessly out of touch and no longer relevant.
I say this as someone who saw him talk to my cambridge / boston area university's ACM group, afterwords he bummed a ride from my friend back to MIT. He dismissed most questions from students and while we were riding back in my friend's car (with Richard Stallman in the front seat) he basically didn't answer any questions and just argued semantics.
I love Richard Stallman and what he stands for, but I think we need to re-evaluate how we digest and understand his opinions on computing in current times.
- zzzzzzzza 8y agowhy is that? what makes something relevant? I think just the opposite - it's increasingly relevant, even though I don't follow his ethical system. how is your single conversation with him relevant? It doesn't seem relevant at all, sample size of 1... maybe it would be if you bothered to tell us what he dismissed. This last part seems disingenuous, but how so? I'll grant you this: he hasn't said much that's new and also of interest in the past 10 or 20 years probably. But his past thinking is still extremely relevant.
- tessi3r 8y agoHis solution to "not using Uber because it's a security nightmare" was literally to bum a ride from someone in the audience who happened to be my friend. He also had this hilarious policy / agreement with ACM to have some kid giving him a new glass of tea every 1.4 minutes or something. It was petty and weird.
- jstewartmobile 8y agoHow does being weird make his views on computing irrelevant?
- akhilcacharya 8y ago> cambridge / boston area university Is this a long winded way of saying “Harvard”?
- tessi3r 8y agoSlow clap...
- metildaa 8y agoApparently 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-alumni-embarrassment-shame.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/10/fashion/harvard-scandal-a...
- akhilcacharya 8y agoI hope y’all realize this doesn’t make you look more humble, and in fact does the opposite.
- tessi3r 8y agoI didn't go to Harvard. Slower clap...