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schestowitz[TR2]> https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/17/Vibe_forking_and_Why_It_ll_Ultimately_Fail_Hype_on_Top_of_Hype.shtmlMar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> Nailed it — per usual! Thank you.Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> That YouTuber who covered the Cloudflare slop project also did a videoMar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> on RMS a few months ago - fairly positive, but focused on the LibrePhone Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJle6Bki4Og>Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> project the FSF recently launched. He pretty much missed the point entirely.Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> RMS told me in person that the goal was never to build a phone outright, butMar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> rather a reverse engineering project to make it possible to create a Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> fully freeMar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> software/hardware smartphone. The YouTuber, however, covered it as "the Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> FSF isMar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> trying to create their own iPhone and maybe sell it one day!" I learned Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> my lessonMar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> after the Brodie Robertson faux pas from a few weeks ago and checked my Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> watch historyMar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> before blindingly recommending anything. So here's one of their slip-ups Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> - andMar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> honestly, the missed point alone might be worth an article without even Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> mentioningMar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> YouTuber or video. I want the LibrePhone to work out, but it's going to Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> fail ifMar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]> nobody knows what the hell it actually is!Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]Robertson is not a techie but a parrot of Reddit, which is just a filter of the world.Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]Some days, Robertson praises TR.Mar 21 15:50
schestowitz[TR2]If I criticise something, he does whole attack videos against me.Mar 21 15:50
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schestowitz[TR2]>  > Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/17/People_Who_Attacked_Techrights_Also_Attacked_My_Mother.shtmlMar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> I'm praying for you and your family. Please stay safe - and as always, Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> if there'sMar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> anything I can do to help, don't hesitate to ask. Atticus (our club VP) Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> and IMar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> decided to email several of the politicians behind the campus freedom Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> bill thatMar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> protected our event, citing Techrights and Tux Machines exclusively in Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> those letters.Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> I also shared with a few faculty members here that you called GT a role Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> model for othersMar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> in the Free Software world — and they were blown away that our HR Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> department actuallyMar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> did something right for once! You have our support and much of the Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> faculty here as well.Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> I appreciate you both so much! Apologies for the length, but I truly meanMar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> every word of it.Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]> Warm Regards,Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2](cc wife)Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]TY for raising awareness, we do need alibis. All these attacks on us come from the US:Mar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/Threats_Against_Techrights_Always_Come_From_Outside_Britain.shtmlMar 21 15:52
schestowitz[TR2]https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/How_Americans_View_Free_Speech_in_Practice.shtmlMar 21 15:52
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schestowitz[TR2]Here we go:  https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/21/Reader_Shares_Recent_Memes_on_Slop_and_Coding_by_LLMs.shtmlMar 21 16:01
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