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by Zuider 6y ago
i) False. Richard Stallman's primary concern is with the philosophy and ethics of free software. He has never shown any notable concern with money. ii) True, but has no bearing on Richard Stallman's character or motives. It invite
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by Zuider 6y ago
Noting that somebody has Asperger's syndrome is not an invitation to dismiss their words. Instead it provides context and insight into why they speak as they do, which furthers correct understanding of what they have said, and their mo
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by Zuider 6y ago
>My current understanding, and I'd like to be corrected if I'm wrong here, is that Mr. Stallman's primary role at the FSF over the past decade has been to raise money for that organization, much like Rafael Reif's pri
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by Zuider 6y ago
>To the extent that Stallman used his position at MIT and the FSF to help Jeffrey Epstein evade prosecution under the federal RICO statute for several decades Can you present any evidence that Stallman did anything of the sort?
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by Zuider 6y ago
Stallman was responding only to the accusations against his colleague and friend, the late Prof. Marvin Minsky, not making policy prescriptions. It is clear that he did not want to believe that Prof. Minsky was guilty, and he engaged in pre
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by Zuider 6y ago
>The question today that I have for Mr. Stallman... ...Is an accusation disguised as cross examination. It is a common technique used in courtrooms and by journalists. Such usage does not serve the interests of clarity, and we need clari
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by Zuider 6y ago
Where is the presumption of innocence, where accusations of guilt must pass a burden of proof? Stallman is the least 'guilty' of the people you mention, since his 'crimes' consist of the pedantic quibbling over definitio
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by Zuider 6y ago
Seems to be working again.
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by Zuider 6y ago
Consciousness is something that is directly observed. In fact, it is perhaps the most directly observed of all phenomena. The problem lies in deciding how to think about it, and how to speak of it.
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by Zuider 6y ago
Ostensive definitions can be indistinguishable from tautologies. A definition which ultimately boils down to a formula such as: "The thing that is indicated when you say 'that thing there!'" appears linguistically empty,
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by Zuider 6y ago
B4X is a free Visual Basic-like environment that allows you to develop without cost for Android, Windows, Mac, Raspberry Pi, Arduino. The purchase of a license is required to develop for iPhone. There is a lot of free learning material, inc
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by Zuider 6y ago
Fire Toolbox is an effective tool for removing Amazon crapware. https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/windows-tool-fire-toolbox...
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by Zuider 6y ago
There is an implicit and optional 'Let' statement preceding variable assignment BASIC, which was originally derived from FORTRAN (along with the practice of not using it.) It is less jarring to see: Let x = x + 1 because it could
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by Zuider 6y ago
But without solid evidence of some sort, one cannot establish that there is a case fit to be heard in court, and so there will be no discovery. It is a bootstrapping problem.
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by Zuider 6y ago
Trolls prefer to use public fora in order to upset the greatest number of people possible. They don't target individuals through private correspondence.
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by Zuider 6y ago
This is the sort of magical thinking that can be a symptom of paranoia, the unfortunate combination of extreme anxiety and a disengagement from realistic thinking. The person clearly does not know what Curl does and simply lashed out like a
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by Zuider 6y ago
Who defines "hate?" The very usage of such preemptive terminology indicates the operation of an increasingly restrictive, cult-like groupthink which can only continue to escalate, both in terms of what it considers off-limits, and
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by Zuider 6y ago
Last I saw of the History Channel, it seemed to be a steady diet of ancient alien theories, and magical artifacts or arcane technology in the hands of the Nazis.
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by Zuider 6y ago
The article appears to be lifted straight from Wikipedia.
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by Zuider 6y ago
Richard Dawkins' concept of a meme is much broader and more abstract, a self-perpetuating idea (that need not be graphical in nature.) The internet meme, while it still fits Dawkins' concept of a meme, is a distinctive phenomenon,
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by Zuider 6y ago
The explanation I heard was that during the second world war, as the US and British forces advanced in Europe, the Americans would chalk 'Kilroy was here' on some landmark, and the British would add the Chad graphic, reminiscent o
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by Zuider 6y ago
Have to agree. If Mao and Stalin can be disqualified as being left-wing due to the contradiction between their actions and the leftist values of equality and universal solidarity, then, by the same token, Hitler and Mussolini must be disqua
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by Zuider 6y ago
The Mercator projection was not so much a 'lie' but an essential aid to navigation because a straight line on the map projected on to a geodesic, or the equivalent of a straight line, on the actual globe.
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by Zuider 6y ago
The 8-bit A and B accumulators could be addressed together as a 16-bit D accumulator. The contents of A and B could be multiplied with the product stored in D. There were also two 16-bit index registers with advanced and versatile addressin
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by Zuider 6y ago
Not all. The Texas Instruments TMS9900 designed as a single chip version of the TI 990 minicomputer series had three internal 16 bit registers, but 16 general purpose registers in RAM.
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by Zuider 6y ago
Don't forget the addressing modes. The M6809 had double indirection even for two memory addresses!
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by Zuider 6y ago
If I recall correctly, that instruction doubled the clock speed of the M6809, usually at the expense of making it go out of sync with the woeful 6847 video chip, putting colorful garbage on the screen.
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Microsoft just completed the largest email migration(techrepublic.com)
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by Zuider 6y ago
From your link: >The seed of the riot was an altercation in the Swindlestock Tavern in Oxford [ when two students became angry at being served poor quality drink ] I wonder if this is the etymological origin of the word 'swindle?&#x
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by Zuider 6y ago
All of Colleen Oefelein's posts on Gab and Parler were public, and were merely repeats of her posts on twitter.

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