> So, the guy that HN loves to mock and poke fun at - Richard Stallman - was utterly correct after all.
Yes, he was correct indeed.
But the fact that the message was broadcasted by a dude rocking the personality of a psychotic 4 year old and the general looks of ... let's not go there ... basically prevented everyone with a normal outlook on life to pay attention.
There's this famous chapter of the Little Prince that depicts this exactly, "asteroid B-612" :
ur-whale · · focus · HN ↗
That you were still free to write code, put it out there and have people use it freely?
A decade ago, I made a joke comment to a friend that you were soon going to need a carry permit to operate a compiler.
Joke's not so funny in 2026.
lenkite · · focus · HN ↗
ur-whale · · focus · HN ↗
Yes, he was correct indeed.
But the fact that the message was broadcasted by a dude rocking the personality of a psychotic 4 year old and the general looks of ... let's not go there ... basically prevented everyone with a normal outlook on life to pay attention.
There's this famous chapter of the Little Prince that depicts this exactly, "asteroid B-612" :
<a href="https://www.patternrecognition.asia/jin/prince/english/lpe04.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.patternrecognition.asia/jin/prince/english/lpe04...