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0 pointsAloha1mo ago0 comments

Indeed, occasionally hammers do find nails to hit.

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stronglikedan1mo ago· 6 in thread

Strange analogy considering that RMS got to where he is precisely by finding nails to hit much, much more than occasionally, and much, much more than most hammers.

Supermancho1mo ago

I think it hits perfectly. He espouses that almost every vendor everywhere is doing something immoral and it will inevitably be used against you. Eventually, some of these predictions come true enough for some part of his audiences.

I don't think you've made a point about his abilities. I do think you've restated his proclivities, which reinforces the basis for the quip.

rpdillon1mo ago

This is particularly uncharitable to someone that saw around many corners and was articulate enough to warn us about them in advance.

There's a reason there's a subreddit called "Stallman Was Right", and it's not that he was shotgun blasting opinions and landed a few of them. It's because he has a systemic understanding of the incentives our system sets up and is able to project decades into the future about how those incentives will play out.

behringer1mo ago

The analogy works if you think of RMS as a nailgun.

smallnix1mo ago

A nailgun hitting nails? This is going nowhere..

CalRobert1mo ago

Much as a hammer tacker hits tacks internally, so a nailgun strikes the nails within itself.

behringer1mo ago

well it drives nails, we've lost the plot!

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7 comments · 1 top-level

stronglikedan1mo ago· 6 in thread

Strange analogy considering that RMS got to where he is precisely by finding nails to hit much, much more than occasionally, and much, much more than most hammers.

Supermancho1mo ago

I think it hits perfectly. He espouses that almost every vendor everywhere is doing something immoral and it will inevitably be used against you. Eventually, some of these predictions come true enough for some part of his audiences.

I don't think you've made a point about his abilities. I do think you've restated his proclivities, which reinforces the basis for the quip.

rpdillon1mo ago

This is particularly uncharitable to someone that saw around many corners and was articulate enough to warn us about them in advance.

There's a reason there's a subreddit called "Stallman Was Right", and it's not that he was shotgun blasting opinions and landed a few of them. It's because he has a systemic understanding of the incentives our system sets up and is able to project decades into the future about how those incentives will play out.

behringer1mo ago

The analogy works if you think of RMS as a nailgun.

smallnix1mo ago

A nailgun hitting nails? This is going nowhere..

CalRobert1mo ago

Much as a hammer tacker hits tacks internally, so a nailgun strikes the nails within itself.

behringer1mo ago

well it drives nails, we've lost the plot!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse