Kak posted:

everytime i see footage of richard stallman it immediately makes me want to have nothing to do with anything technical

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Facilities:

A microphone is desirable if the room is large. No other facilities
are needed. I do not have slides or any sort of presentation
materials.

A supply of tea with milk and sugar would be nice. If it is tea I
really like, I like it without milk and sugar. With milk and sugar,
any kind of tea is fine. I always bring tea bags with me, so if we
use my tea bags, I will certainly like that tea without milk or sugar.

If I am quite sleepy, I would like two cans or small bottles of
non-diet Pepsi. (I dislike the taste of coke, and of all diet soda;
also, there is an international boycott of the Coca Cola company for
killing union organizers in Colombia and Guatemala; see
killercoke.org.) However, if I am not very sleepy, I won't want
Pepsi, because it is better if I don't drink so much sugar.[quote]

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Temperature:

Above 72 fahrenheit (22 centigrade) I find sleeping quite difficult.
(If the air is dry, I can stand 23 degrees.) A little above that
temperature, a strong electric fan blowing on me enables me to sleep.
More than 3 degrees above that temperature, I need air conditioning to
sleep.

If there is a substantial chance of indoor temperatures too hot for
me, please arrange _in advance_ for me to have what I need.

If you are planning for me to stay in a hotel, DO NOT take for granted
that the hotel has air conditioning--or that it will be working when I
arrive. Some hotels shut off their air conditioning systems for part
of the year. They often think it is unnecessary in seasons when the
temperature is usually in the mid 20s--and they follow their schedule
like stupid robots even if there is a heat wave.

So you must explicitly ask them: "Do you have air conditioning? Will
it be functioning for the dates XXX-YYY?"

In some hotels with central air conditioning, it simply does not work
very well: it can make a room less hot, but can't make it cool.
Before using a hotel that has central air conditioning, find out what
temperature it can actually lower a room to, during the relevant
dates.

Or look for a hotel that has a real cooling unit in the room, not a
central system. Those tend to work well enough, if they are not
broken.


Pets:

I like cats if they are friendly, but they are not good for me; I am
somewhat allergic to them. This allergy makes my face itch and my
eyes water. So the bed, and the room I will usually be staying in,
need to be clean of cat hair. However, it is no problem if there is a
cat elsewhere in the house--I might even enjoy it if the cat is
friendly.

Dogs that bark angrily and/or jump up on me frighten me, unless they
are small and cannot reach much above my knees. But if they only bark
or jump when we enter the house, I can cope, as long as you hold the
dog away from me at that time. Aside from that issue, I'm ok with
dogs.

If you can find a host for me that has a friendly parrot, I will be
very very glad. If you can find someone who has a friendly parrot I
can visit with, that will be nice too.

DON'T buy a parrot figuring that it will be a fun surprise for me. To
acquire a parrot is a major decision: it is likely to outlive you. If
you don't know how to treat the parrot, it could be emotionally
scarred and spend many decades feeling frightened and unhappy. If you
buy a captured wild parrot, you will promote a cruel and devastating
practice, and the parrot will be emotionally scarred before you get it.
Meeting that sad animal is not an agreeable surprise.

Novo posted:

free software is important and awesome

y'all just hating because in spite of his eccentricities stallman is more accomplished and influential than you'll ever be

Novo posted:

free software is important and awesome

y'all just hating because in spite of his eccentricities stallman is more accomplished and influential than you'll ever be

Novo posted:

free software is important and awesome

y'all just hating because in spite of his eccentricities stallman is more accomplished and influential than you'll ever be

Gazpacho posted:

stallman despises the entire open source community and his influence in it will continue to fall

myDad posted:

Lol I respect the open software movement, I'm just clowning on his 'eccentricities'

pram posted:

My Rhythmic Crotch posted:

I wonder if richard stallman has seen a vagina or boob in person, other than wardrobe malfunctions and strippers and stuff. Probably not.

Kuato posted:

I thought we already moved to the cloud and were quit comfy as a consequence. Now we're moving out of the cloud to this xeniffer site?

Gazpacho posted:

stallman my man its understandable if your unique shape prevents you from buttoning a shirt over it but you're gonna have to accessorize, can i suggest an apron

pram posted:

FAT32 SHAMER posted:

RMS was coming to my school and the league of engineers or whatever asked me if he could stay with me since i was the only one with a house. The only reason he didnt is because he refused to stay in houses with dogs (and i think my dog may have bitten him anyways).

SO he stayed at a friend's house and he said that he threw the sheets that he slept on out because "they were so oily i could have used them for a torch that burned for a week"

FAT32 SHAMER posted:

RMS was coming to my school and the league of engineers or whatever asked me if he could stay with me since i was the only one with a house. The only reason he didnt is because he refused to stay in houses with dogs (and i think my dog may have bitten him anyways).

FAT32 SHAMER posted:

RMS was coming to my school and the league of engineers or whatever asked me if he could stay with me since i was the only one with a house. The only reason he didnt is because he refused to stay in houses with dogs (and i think my dog may have bitten him anyways).

SO he stayed at a friend's house and he said that he threw the sheets that he slept on out because "they were so oily i could have used them for a torch that burned for a week"

Gazpacho posted: