Dr. Richard M. Stallman, one of the great individuals of the 20th/21st centuries, continues to receive his just recognition:
<https://freenetafrica.com/2025/05/24/richard-stallman-the-legend-of- software-freedom/>
Thank you, Dr. Stallman, for making my computing life free of that
commercial pestilence known as Micro$lop/Apphole.
The entire civilized world owes a tremendous gratitude to the
selfless contributions of this great man.
Is it true that RMS rarely takes a bath and that on hot summer days
he stinks really bad?
Asking for a friend.
On 23 Feb 2026 02:03:31 GMT, Phil Da' Lick wrote:
Is it true that RMS rarely takes a bath and that on hot summer days
he stinks really bad?
Asking for a friend.
Should RMS be cancelled? Our resident rCLwokerCY SJWs need to advise us!
Dr. Richard M. Stallman,
one of the great individuals of the 20th/21st
centuries, continues to receive his just recognition:
<https://freenetafrica.com/2025/05/24/richard-stallman-the-legend-of- software-freedom/>
Thank you, Dr. Stallman, for making my computing life free of that
commercial pestilence known as Micro$lop/Apphole.
The entire civilized world owes a tremendous gratitude to the
selfless contributions
of this great man.
You should be thanking Ritchie, Thompson and Kernighan.
Absent them, Repulsive Maggot Stallman would be a nobody like yourself.
"necrophilia, bestiality, possession of child pornography, and even
incest and pedophilia... should be legal as long as no one is coerced." https://stallman.org/archives/2003-may-aug.html
"When making pornography involves real abuse of real children, those who distribute it under a business relationship with the abusers arguably participate in the abuse. They could be prosecuted for doing so.
However, that does not excuse censorship. No matter how disgusting
published works might be, censorship is more disgusting." https://stallman.org/archives/2011-jan-apr.html
Why is this vile pig walking around free to excuse and embolden pedophiles?
Jail Stallman
On 2/23/26 7:59 AM, DFS wrote:
You should be thanking Ritchie, Thompson and Kernighan.
Absent them, Repulsive Maggot Stallman would be a nobody like yourself.
"necrophilia, bestiality, possession of child pornography, and even
incest and pedophilia... should be legal as long as no one is coerced."
https://stallman.org/archives/2003-may-aug.html
"When making pornography involves real abuse of real children, those who
distribute it under a business relationship with the abusers arguably
participate in the abuse. They could be prosecuted for doing so.
However, that does not excuse censorship. No matter how disgusting
published works might be, censorship is more disgusting."
https://stallman.org/archives/2011-jan-apr.html
Why is this vile pig walking around free to excuse and embolden
pedophiles?
Jail Stallman
Say what you will, I'm still gonna use his software.
You should be thanking Ritchie, Thompson and Kernighan.
Absent them, Repulsive Maggot Stallman would be a nobody like yourself.
"necrophilia, bestiality, possession of child pornography, and even
incest and pedophilia... should be legal as long as no one is coerced."
https://stallman.org/archives/2003-may-aug.html
"When making pornography involves real abuse of real children, those who >>> distribute it under a business relationship with the abusers arguably
participate in the abuse. They could be prosecuted for doing so.
However, that does not excuse censorship. No matter how disgusting
published works might be, censorship is more disgusting."
https://stallman.org/archives/2011-jan-apr.html
Why is this vile pig walking around free to excuse and embolden
pedophiles?
Jail Stallman
Say what you will, I'm still gonna use his software.
Did you mean GPL software?
'Cause "his software" is limited to a very small number of programs (tho
the Internet says he "was a major contributor to early GNU utilities").
But I think he quit writing code a long time ago:-a I just did a Notepad+
+ search for 'Stallman' in the source code of coreutils-9.10, and got:
On 2/23/2026 8:13 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:
On 2/23/26 7:59 AM, DFS wrote:
<snip>
Jail Stallman
Say what you will, I'm still gonna use his software.
Did you mean GPL software?
'Cause "his software" is limited to a very small number of programs (tho
the Internet says he "was a major contributor to early GNU utilities").
But I think he quit writing code a long time ago: I just did a
Notepad++ search for 'Stallman' in the source code of coreutils-9.10,
and got:
Search "Stallman" (14 hits in 8 files of 188 searched) [Extended]
D:\computer\OS\GNU\coreutils\coreutils-9.10\src\cat.c (2 hits)
Line 22: By tege@sics.se, Torbj||rn Granlund, advised by rms, Richard Stallman. */
Line 47: proper_name ("Richard M. Stallman")
On 2/23/26 7:59 AM, DFS wrote:
You should be thanking Ritchie, Thompson and Kernighan.
Absent them, Repulsive Maggot Stallman would be a nobody like yourself.
"necrophilia, bestiality, possession of child pornography, and even
incest and pedophilia... should be legal as long as no one is coerced."
https://stallman.org/archives/2003-may-aug.html
"When making pornography involves real abuse of real children, those
who distribute it under a business relationship with the abusers
arguably participate in the abuse. They could be prosecuted for doing
so.
However, that does not excuse censorship. No matter how disgusting
published works might be, censorship is more disgusting."
https://stallman.org/archives/2011-jan-apr.html
Why is this vile pig walking around free to excuse and embolden
pedophiles?
Jail Stallman
Say what you will, I'm still gonna use his software.
DFS wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:
On 2/23/2026 8:13 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:
On 2/23/26 7:59 AM, DFS wrote:
<snip>
Jail Stallman
Say what you will, I'm still gonna use his software.
Did you mean GPL software?
'Cause "his software" is limited to a very small number of programs (tho
the Internet says he "was a major contributor to early GNU utilities").
But I think he quit writing code a long time ago: I just did a
Notepad++ search for 'Stallman' in the source code of coreutils-9.10,
and got:
Search "Stallman" (14 hits in 8 files of 188 searched) [Extended]
D:\computer\OS\GNU\coreutils\coreutils-9.10\src\cat.c (2 hits)
Line 22: By tege@sics.se, Torbj||rn Granlund, advised by rms,
Richard Stallman. */
Line 47: proper_name ("Richard M. Stallman")
Did you search the Epstein files? <joke>
Actually, given your proclivity for data mining, maybe you
should!
My guess is the corrupt DOJ is illegally protecting Trump above all
others.
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:04:11 -0500, DFS wrote:
My guess is the corrupt DOJ is illegally protecting Trump above all
others.
The corrupt DOJ during the Biden administration would have been all over them like stink on shit if they could have nailed Trump without a gaggle
of Democrats joining him in the perp walk.
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:13:25 -0500, Joel W. Crump wrote:
On 2/23/26 7:59 AM, DFS wrote:
<snip>
Jail Stallman
Say what you will, I'm still gonna use his software.
Friends don't let friends use emacs.
rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:04:11 -0500, DFS wrote:
My guess is the corrupt DOJ is illegally protecting Trump above all
others.
The corrupt DOJ during the Biden administration would have been all over
them like stink on shit if they could have nailed Trump without a gaggle
of Democrats joining him in the perp walk.
:-D
What a quaint thing to say.
Especially given the current cover-up.
As if both "sides" don't have ultra-rich predators pulling the
strings of government.
Did you search the Epstein files? <joke>
Actually, given your proclivity for data mining, maybe you should!
Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:04:11 -0500, DFS wrote:
My guess is the corrupt DOJ is illegally protecting Trump above all
others.
The corrupt DOJ during the Biden administration would have been all over >>> them like stink on shit if they could have nailed Trump without a gaggle >>> of Democrats joining him in the perp walk.
:-D
What a quaint thing to say.
Translation: What an excellant point you made, rbowman. I can say
nothing against it, so I respond with "smiley face" ridicule.
Especially given the current cover-up.
...which lasted through a Democratic White House.
As if both "sides" don't have ultra-rich predators pulling the
strings of government.
Indeed.
On 2/24/2026 7:19 AM, chrisv wrote:
Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:04:11 -0500, DFS wrote:
My guess is the corrupt DOJ is illegally protecting Trump above all
others.
The corrupt DOJ during the Biden administration would have been all over >>>> them like stink on shit if they could have nailed Trump without a gaggle >>>> of Democrats joining him in the perp walk.
:-D
What a quaint thing to say.
Translation: What an excellant point you made, rbowman. I can say
nothing against it, so I respond with "smiley face" ridicule.
Especially given the current cover-up.
...which lasted through a Democratic White House.
As if both "sides" don't have ultra-rich predators pulling the
strings of government.
Indeed.
It's just a game, Trump gets elected a second time with all that felony
shit hanging over him, if I die there's a civil war. But I'm still alive.
Joel W. Crump wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:
On 2/24/2026 7:19 AM, chrisv wrote:
Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:04:11 -0500, DFS wrote:
My guess is the corrupt DOJ is illegally protecting Trump above all >>>>>> others.
The corrupt DOJ during the Biden administration would have been all over >>>>> them like stink on shit if they could have nailed Trump without a gaggle >>>>> of Democrats joining him in the perp walk.
:-D
What a quaint thing to say.
Translation: What an excellant point you made, rbowman. I can say
nothing against it, so I respond with "smiley face" ridicule.
What can I say? I laughed to think of "Biden's corrupt DOJ"
compared to the current DOJ.
Especially given the current cover-up.
...which lasted through a Democratic White House.
The cover-up last from Obama's term, through Trump's first term,
through Biden's term...
... and then Trump opened his big yap during the 2024 campaign
about how he was going to release the Epstein files. He started
that fire.
He was finally forced to sign the Epstein Transparency Act,
knowing that Bondi and Patel would do a thorough scrubbing of
it.
Their people made some big mistakes in redactions, and that's
only increased the heat.
As if both "sides" don't have ultra-rich predators pulling the
strings of government.
Indeed.
It's just a game, Trump gets elected a second time with all that felony
shit hanging over him, if I die there's a civil war. But I'm still alive.
It's not a game. It's killing people.
AI Overview:
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editor in various surveys, with usage often over 30% among specific
developer groups.
Emacs Usage: Recent data indicates Emacs has declined to 8-9% or
less in recent surveys.
Comparative Usage: A 2018 Opensource.com survey indicated 58% for
Vim vs. 27% for Emacs, though more recent data suggests a wider gap.
rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:04:11 -0500, DFS wrote:
My guess is the corrupt DOJ is illegally protecting Trump above all
others.
The corrupt DOJ during the Biden administration would have been all
over them like stink on shit if they could have nailed Trump without a
gaggle of Democrats joining him in the perp walk.
:-D
What a quaint thing to say.
Especially given the current cover-up.
As if both "sides" don't have ultra-rich predators pulling the strings
of government.
It's just a game, Trump gets elected a second time with all that felony
shit hanging over him, if I die there's a civil war. But I'm still
alive.
It's just a game, Trump gets elected a second time with all that felony
shit hanging over him, if I die there's a civil war. But I'm still
alive.
What does that tell you? 'All that felony shit' and the never-trumpers in
the GOP hate him as much as the Democrats and he still wins. Even Newsom
is slowly realizing normal is good.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/gavin-newsom-says-dems-need-to-be- more-culturally-normal-stop-talking-about-pronouns/
Not my usual source of news but I think you'll be at home. Of course
Newsom is a 960 SAT type of guy. It's been a long time since I took the
SAT and I thought he was bragging until I remembered 1600 is the top
score. I don't remember what I got but it wasn't 960.
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:14:18 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
Did you search the Epstein files? <joke>
Actually, given your proclivity for data mining, maybe you should!
The dullard DooFus does not engage in "data mining."
Data mining involves extracting information from various disparate
sources and then forming valid statistical inferences based on a
collation of that information. Such methods are WAY BEYOND his
current, and future, pathetic computing abilities.
The demented DooFus can only accomplish basic piddling things
that are straight out of "Databases 101." It's the same kind
of chintzy shit that can be found in a Girl Scout computer camp.
Newsom isn't relevant to national politics. AOC and potentially others
would eat him alive in 2028 debates. Newsom is the polar opposite of DeSantis in FL, they serve their own states fairly well but have zilch
on the national stage.
Newsom isn't relevant to national politics. AOC and potentially others
would eat him alive in 2028 debates. Newsom is the polar opposite of
DeSantis in FL, they serve their own states fairly well but have zilch
on the national stage.
He certainly wants to be relevant, hence his belated move toward center. I would like to see him go up against AOC. They can discuss foreign policy.
On 2/24/2026 8:47 PM, rbowman wrote:
Newsom isn't relevant to national politics. AOC and potentially
others would eat him alive in 2028 debates. Newsom is the polar
opposite of DeSantis in FL, they serve their own states fairly well
but have zilch on the national stage.
He certainly wants to be relevant, hence his belated move toward
center. I would like to see him go up against AOC. They can discuss
foreign policy.
Forget about Newsom running for president. He probably wouldn't even
win his own state over AOC, in the primaries.
Newsom isn't relevant to national politics. AOC and potentially
others would eat him alive in 2028 debates. Newsom is the polar
opposite of DeSantis in FL, they serve their own states fairly well
but have zilch on the national stage.
He certainly wants to be relevant, hence his belated move toward
center. I would like to see him go up against AOC. They can discuss
foreign policy.
Forget about Newsom running for president. He probably wouldn't even
win his own state over AOC, in the primaries.
He can give it his best shot. It's always amusing when the Democratic primaries turn into a clusterfuck and the DNC rolls out their 'super delegates' to select the person whose 'turn' it is. Problem is I don't
think they have anyone waiting in the wings. Jeffries has been making bank for the Dems but i don't think he'll fly west of the Hudson. Mayor Pete
has problems too.
Spamburger (top google search this evening) might be warming up. There are some other governors like Whitmer but they don't have much name
recognition at this point. Gallego? Beshear? One thing is for sure --
Harris should have an unfortunate tumble if she even tries to climb up on
a podium.
Spanberger is pretty great.-a I dunno if she's gonna jump into that race, though.
On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:26:08 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:04:11 -0500, DFS wrote:
My guess is the corrupt DOJ is illegally protecting Trump above all
others.
The corrupt DOJ during the Biden administration would have been all
over them like stink on shit if they could have nailed Trump without a
gaggle of Democrats joining him in the perp walk.
:-D
What a quaint thing to say.
Especially given the current cover-up.
As if both "sides" don't have ultra-rich predators pulling the strings
of government.
A pox on both their houses. I'm starting to agree with Curtis Yarvin (Mencius Moldbug). Bring on Caesar!
iirc Spengler saw that as the last--
stage of 'civilization'.
<snip>
On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:29:13 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
AI Overview:
Vim Popularity: Studies show Vim (including Vi/Neovim) as a top-4
editor in various surveys, with usage often over 30% among specific
developer groups.
Emacs Usage: Recent data indicates Emacs has declined to 8-9% or
less in recent surveys.
Comparative Usage: A 2018 Opensource.com survey indicated 58% for
Vim vs. 27% for Emacs, though more recent data suggests a wider gap.
I've always used the Vim extension for VS Code. I did a reinstall of the Pi's OS and it comes with Geany. After a little searching I found Geany
has a variety of plugins and vim is one of them. The developer says he doesn't use Vim itself so it might be a little strange but so far it works fine for me. I don't use some of the more exotic Vim stuff but the basics are all there, except :q. He couldn't find a way to get Geany to exit. :w works.
Unfortunately gvim (vim-gtk) doesn't work on a Pi. It became second nature so I didn't realize I was using the mouse to move the cursor as much as I
do although I don't use the visual mode.
As I'm watching her response speech (I passed out during Trump's speech,
I hadn't slept Monday night), I think she really is a contender,
potentially. I prefer AOC, but I would easily vote for either of them.
No sane man would summarily pulverize the East Wing.
Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
No sane man would summarily pulverize the East Wing.
Weak attack. There's nothing wrong with it, actually. The entire
building is long obsolete.
On 2/25/2026 5:01 PM, chrisv wrote:
Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
No sane man would summarily pulverize the East Wing.
Weak attack. There's nothing wrong with it, actually. The entire
building is long obsolete.
To be honest, the funny part is why we'd have such a nostalgic or
whatever feeling about the fucking White House, the source of orders to
kill brown people around the world by our military over so many years,
the Kennedy Center bothers me a lot more, and even that it's like eh.
Trump is OK by me. It's time for revolution, one way or the other.
rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:13:25 -0500, Joel W. Crump wrote:
On 2/23/26 7:59 AM, DFS wrote:
<snip>
Jail Stallman
Say what you will, I'm still gonna use his software.
Friends don't let friends use emacs.
AI Overview:
Vim Popularity: Studies show Vim (including Vi/Neovim) as a top-4
editor in various surveys, with usage often over 30% among
specific developer groups.
Emacs Usage: Recent data indicates Emacs has declined to 8-9% or
less in recent surveys.
Comparative Usage: A 2018 Opensource.com survey indicated 58% for
Vim vs. 27% for Emacs, though more recent data suggests a wider
gap.
Heh, lookit what 'fortune' fortuitously came up with!
On 25 Feb 2026, "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> posted some news:hKKnR.970823$%qca.925710@fx14.iad:
On 2/25/2026 5:01 PM, chrisv wrote:
Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
No sane man would summarily pulverize the East Wing.
Weak attack. There's nothing wrong with it, actually. The entire
building is long obsolete.
To be honest, the funny part is why we'd have such a nostalgic or
whatever feeling about the fucking White House, the source of orders to
kill brown people around the world by our military over so many years,
the Kennedy Center bothers me a lot more, and even that it's like eh.
If they acted like human beings, there'd be no need to kill them.
Trump is OK by me. It's time for revolution, one way or the other.
Trump is the mean dad we needed to pull our heads out of our asses.
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