7 ms·

You know you've made it when you can casually say “I don’t know how to make a screenshot, because I normally use my computer in text-mode.” Badass Richard.

by apas 11y ago

lighthawk 11y ago
He also tends not to view websites like HN, GitHub, etc., at least as of a few years ago. I'm not sure if it is because he is still in text mode all the time, because he disagrees with using sites that might somehow involve something that isn't free source, or because he just delegates to others the task of surfing the web and getting information for him. He definitely spends a lot of time emailing though. I admire him a lot. From some discussion with him and what I've read, I have the feeling that he is in a constant battle with much of the world to try to get them to free all software. I really can't say for certain whether he is really going too far, but his dedication and courage go far beyond what most people are capable of. Even if you disagree with him, it's difficult not to admire him for that.
- sasvari 11y ago
  He also tends not to view websites like HN, GitHub, etc., at least as of a few years ago. I'm not sure if it is because he is still in text mode all the time just as a side note, not that I think he's wasting his precious time like us anyway: at least for vim, there's a nice plugin [0] for reading HN. most probably there would be something for his emacs/org-mode as well. [0] https://github.com/ryanss/vim-hackernews https://github.com/ryanss/vim-hackernews
  - coldpie 11y ago
    This is the very last thing I need.
  - suprjami 11y ago
    Stallman using vim. Good joke.
  - gmfawcett 11y ago
    Yes, there is a hackernews package for Emacs. I've never used it, though. https://github.com/clarete/hackernews.el https://github.com/clarete/hackernews.el
- noinsight 11y ago
  For personal reasons he doesn't have a personal internet connection at all. He has some sort of bot that he emails links to and it sends the source (or plaintext?) back to him for reading. (At least it was like that a couple of years ago) I believe he also has issues with non-free JavaScript which I suppose precludes him from using websites that use JavaScript (or I guess he could block it).
  - tjr 11y ago
    As of a few months ago, he has been browsing the web (sometimes) using IceCat and Tor. https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html
    - glass- 11y ago
      I wonder if he realises that browsing over Tor with IceCat will be causing him to have quite a distinct browser fingerprint. He should just use Tor Browser.
      - smegger001 11y ago
        He could just be changing his user agent to normalize it.
        glass- 11y ago
        There is a lot more than just the useragent when it comes to Tor Browser versus any other browser. Tor Browser has many changes to try and make every instance of Tor Browser look identical, everything from the HTTP headers to window size to timing functions being rounded uniformly. Although I am guessing he browses with javascript turned off, which does defeat most of the fingerprinting techniques.
        deleted 11y ago
        [deleted]
  - bstamour 11y ago
yrro 11y ago
In case anyone is wondering, on Linux you can take a screenshot of the current virtual console by reading from /dev/vcs. The numbered devices allow you to read from a specific virtual console, and each device has a 'vcsa' counterpart that includes colour and cursor information.
jmilloy 11y ago
It's common to not know how to do something, and easy to find out how if you decide to. There's nothing very special or beneficial to me about a) not bothering to figure something out and b) broadcasting that. "I don't have X running so I took a photograph instead, here it is" would be more useful and more humble.
Syssiphus 11y ago
Maybe that is the one thing EMACS cannot do.. making screenshots ;)
- cag_ii 11y ago
  It does fall back on imageMagick, but there is screenshot.el ;) http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/screenshot.el http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/screenshot.el

You know you've made it when you can casually say “I don’t know how to make a screenshot, because I normally use my computer in text-mode.” Badass Richard.

by apas 11y ago

You know you've made it when you can casually say “I don’t know how to make a screenshot, because I normally use my computer in text-mode.” Badass Richard.

lighthawk 11y ago

He also tends not to view websites like HN, GitHub, etc., at least as of a few years ago. I'm not sure if it is because he is still in text mode all the time, because he disagrees with using sites that might somehow involve something that isn't free source, or because he just delegates to others the task of surfing the web and getting information for him. He definitely spends a lot of time emailing though. I admire him a lot. From some discussion with him and what I've read, I have the feeling that he is in a constant battle with much of the world to try to get them to free all software. I really can't say for certain whether he is really going too far, but his dedication and courage go far beyond what most people are capable of. Even if you disagree with him, it's difficult not to admire him for that.

sasvari 11y ago
He also tends not to view websites like HN, GitHub, etc., at least as of a few years ago. I'm not sure if it is because he is still in text mode all the time just as a side note, not that I think he's wasting his precious time like us anyway: at least for vim, there's a nice plugin [0] for reading HN. most probably there would be something for his emacs/org-mode as well. [0] https://github.com/ryanss/vim-hackernews https://github.com/ryanss/vim-hackernews
- coldpie 11y ago
  This is the very last thing I need.
- suprjami 11y ago
  Stallman using vim. Good joke.
- gmfawcett 11y ago
  Yes, there is a hackernews package for Emacs. I've never used it, though. https://github.com/clarete/hackernews.el https://github.com/clarete/hackernews.el
noinsight 11y ago
For personal reasons he doesn't have a personal internet connection at all. He has some sort of bot that he emails links to and it sends the source (or plaintext?) back to him for reading. (At least it was like that a couple of years ago) I believe he also has issues with non-free JavaScript which I suppose precludes him from using websites that use JavaScript (or I guess he could block it).
- tjr 11y ago
  As of a few months ago, he has been browsing the web (sometimes) using IceCat and Tor. https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html
  - glass- 11y ago
    I wonder if he realises that browsing over Tor with IceCat will be causing him to have quite a distinct browser fingerprint. He should just use Tor Browser.
    - smegger001 11y ago
      He could just be changing his user agent to normalize it.
      - glass- 11y ago
        There is a lot more than just the useragent when it comes to Tor Browser versus any other browser. Tor Browser has many changes to try and make every instance of Tor Browser look identical, everything from the HTTP headers to window size to timing functions being rounded uniformly. Although I am guessing he browses with javascript turned off, which does defeat most of the fingerprinting techniques.
      - deleted 11y ago
        [deleted]
- bstamour 11y ago

yrro 11y ago

In case anyone is wondering, on Linux you can take a screenshot of the current virtual console by reading from /dev/vcs. The numbered devices allow you to read from a specific virtual console, and each device has a 'vcsa' counterpart that includes colour and cursor information.

jmilloy 11y ago

It's common to not know how to do something, and easy to find out how if you decide to. There's nothing very special or beneficial to me about a) not bothering to figure something out and b) broadcasting that. "I don't have X running so I took a photograph instead, here it is" would be more useful and more humble.

Syssiphus 11y ago

Maybe that is the one thing EMACS cannot do.. making screenshots ;)

cag_ii 11y ago
It does fall back on imageMagick, but there is screenshot.el ;) http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/screenshot.el http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/screenshot.el