ianmacd
- Karma
- 5
- Created
- July 2, 2019 (7y ago)
- Submissions
- 0
Sceptic; atheist; secularist; autodidact; cunning linguist; polemicist; nationalist; conspiracy realist; programmer; globetrotter; Silicon Valley survivor.
[ my public key: https://keybase.io/ianmacd; my proof: https://keybase.io/ianmacd/sigs/-88HQ2890lQkbf0Nw8HCwgkznQamD7dq_r1PIrAOmlQ ]
The way that some tech millionaires are now queuing up to sacrifice Stallman after having become rich beyond their wildest dreams on the back of his pioneering work reminds me of all those former Facebook executives and…
Why should "the leader of the FSF" not make "as many public comments about unrelated matters as Stallman"? This seems to suggest that a leadership role results or should result, ipso facto, in a reduction of its…
Can you direct me to the thread in which you detail what Stallman did to damage "student perception of anything associated with the FSF" at your university? I have seen Stallman speak at various universities over the…
But Stallman would argue that the standard word, if we're talking about 'they', 'them' and 'their', is inappropriate. He acknowledges that these words have historically been used in the singular, but convincingly points…