●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, December 22, 2025 ●● ● Dec 22 [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46346716 [00:57] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-news.ycombinator.com | Dr. Richard Stallman to give free talk and QA at Georgia Tech Jan. 23rd 2-5pm | Hacker News [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] "I believe Stallman's doctorate is honorary. Courtesy of Wikipedia: [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] >With regard to the use of this honorific, the policies of institutions of higher education generally ask that recipients "refrain from adopting the misleading title" and that a recipient of an honorary doctorate should restrict the use of the title "Dr" before their name to any engagement with the institution of higher education in question and not within the broader community. [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] This, however, does not overshadow his contribution to computing and I must say that as of 2025, he has been right about most things (with the possible exception of secure boot). [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] reply [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] rockenman1234 2 hours ago | parent | next [] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] Dr. Stallman has received 15 honorary doctorates (see: https://www.stallman.org/articles/dr-stallman.html). After a certain point, the consistency of such recognition speaks for itself. TBH after like 5 I would start seeing the point of calling myself 'doctor'. Georgia Tech also awards honorary doctorates through the statewide university system, and as such, there is no institutional policy dictating how individuals are to address [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] one another. [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] I appreciate the concern and agree that RMS has been extraordinarily influential in the field of computing. We will be posting videos of the event afterward, so if youre interested in hearing what he has to say in 2025, please keep an eye out! [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] reply [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] tomnipotent 2 minutes ago | root | parent | next [] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] Except honorary doctorates are awards, not academic qualifications. Influence or not he didn't do the work at those institutions, defending a dissertation, that would earn him the title, regardless of his contributions. [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] reply [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] Cpoll 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] He's considered and written about this very subject: https://www.stallman.org/articles/dr-stallman.html [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] reply [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] rockenman1234 6 hours ago | prev | next [] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] The event is free and open to the public. This will be Dr. Stallmans first talk at a U.S. college since his cancer diagnosis and successful recovery in 2019. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that we will be accepting cash-only donations for our fundraiser at the event. [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] If youll be in Atlanta that week - or simply want the opportunity to see and meet Dr. Stallman - this is a rare chance you wont want to miss! [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] reply [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] designerbenny 1 hour ago | prev | next [] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] Is that talk free as in beer or free as in speech? [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] reply [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] gnerd00 5 hours ago | prev [] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] The first and only time I met Richard Stallman was at a small private talk in Palo Alto at MacAurthur Park. About 20 people at most I would say. His rigor and attentiveness to detail stood out brightly, even amongst a room full of PhDs and others. I was startled by the talk at the time and I have to say that those ideas have never left me since then. The content of his careful polemic have only grown in weight and relevancy today, [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] whatever your own views are. [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] It is an honor and achievement of a society that Richard Stallman may speak and say what he chooses to say, in 2025. [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] reply [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] rockenman1234 2 hours ago | parent [] [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] Thank you! I agree - its an honor to host RMS for a talk! We will be posting video recordings of the event online afterward, so please keep an eye out if youre interested in hearing what he has to say in 2025. [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] > It is an honor and achievement of a society that Richard Stallman may speak and say what he chooses to say, in 2025. [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] Georgia Tech, as a public institution, takes the First Amendment very seriously (see: https://provost.gatech.edu/academic-freedom-and-freedom-expr...). Our student organization has worked hard with the College of Computing and other members of the administration to ensure that all of RMS's requests have been met." [00:57] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.stallman.org | Am I Doctor Stallman? [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] "Streamed live, or recorded? [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] permalinkembedsavereportreply [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] []rockenman1234CompE 26 & Mod[S] [score hidden] 23 minutes ago [00:57] schestowitz[TR2] We will not be streaming live, but will be posting videos of the event afterwards for those who cant make it in person. Please stay tuned! 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    I am pleased to announce the availability of Planet Guix, an Atom and RSS aggregator covering all things Guix. You can browse posts on the website or use your favourite feed reader to subscribe to the aggregate feed.

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    Planet Guix already has subscriptions to 19 blogs from around the community; if you write about Guix (no matter how infrequently) and would like your blog to be included, or if you would like to suggest another blog I missed, please create a pull request against the repository in Codeberg you'll see that the subscriptions are simply configured as association lists in planet/config.scm.

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He cannot be trusted to say or do the right thing, when the time comes to make big decisions, and he will dump them in someone else's lap to take the blame and the fall. Sh-t happens around people like him. [23:58] schestowitz[TR2] " [23:58] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kd2h85d6 ) [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] lots of toxic stuff:\ [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] " [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] I think the main point is being missed. He repeatedly presented himself, in all-hands meetings, as a strong supporter and literally stated that he is a champion for certain valuesstatements that are documented in the recordings. (You can go back and listen to them) However, the administration he chose to join is advancing an agenda that stands in direct opposition to those values. That inconsistency raises serious concerns [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] about his integrity. The cuts to science-based agencies, programs, funding and policies he will now be linked to, and that is difficult to defend. And frankly shameful. He is not the person he stated he was or who he wanted us to believe he is. This Genesis Mission is just silly too (read through it). It will basically amount to nothing. [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+4/-1) | Reply [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @c8+1kd2h85d6 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] @br send the H1B mothertruckers back on a one way trip to country of origin. How difficult is it for you to understand ? [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @c4+1kd2h85d6 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] -3 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] So ICE are KnotZees ? [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] But you want Indians sent back to India ? [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Make up your Fcukin minds [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+0/-3) | Reply [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @br+1kd2h85d6 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] @bn expect to see Dario in a neo Na-i outfit soon doing the goose stepping march and the salute to the strains of "Heil Alvind". [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bq+1kd2h85d6 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] @bg [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Ah the old Nuremberg defense- just following orders. Well he is now playing for that team now so. [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bn+1kd2h85d6 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Agree with the poster who said he's trying to reinvent himself. He went as far as he was going to go in his 22 years at IBM. A year or two in this government role and then he will use the connections he makes to get a massive amount of funding and go start some Quantum or AI company. And then after a few years of that cash out. [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bm+1kd2h85d6 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] @bc is Dario a secret closet member of ICE then ?? [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+3/-1) | Reply [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bg+1kd2h85d6 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] It is very crazy that nobody talk this thing before now. All the foreign people who get sent out of this country, they already know Dario was inside this matter. He is not your friend. He did not stand for you. He agree with them and help them remove you. He is working together with the same group who want you gone. All those people who were happy, clapping and supporting him, they do not see they were celebrating their own problem [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] . In the end, it is them also who will be pushed out. [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] 8 hours ago by Anonymous [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bc+1kd2h85d6 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] +7 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] @b4 Morals and Integrity from a crooked Spaniard who took lessons from a crooked Indian ? That is hilarious. Dario is trying to reinvent himself by disavowing all things he stood for at IBM - DEI, Layoffs, Lying etc. and take up Na-i salutes instead. Another perfect example of a modern day Judas Iscariot. [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] 9 hours ago by Anonymous [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 7 reactions (+7/-0) | Reply [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @b6+1kd2h85d6 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] +6 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Yall ever find it strange how quick he was to hitch his wagon to an administration that runs clean counter to just about everything IBMs ever claimed to stand for and everything he himself said he was a champion of? [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Were talkin gutting science programs and slashin budgets, rollin back DEI, makin a mess outta foreign employee and visa issues and dont even get me started on all that Epstein mess. Shoot, he kicked off his whole I wanna join the team tour right about the same time folks were out there throwin Na-i salutes like it was no big deal. [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] And he looked at all that and said, Yep, thats where I wanna be. [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Now politics aside whether you think its good, bad, or ugly that aint the man he claimed to be for decades. So I gotta ask what in the world happened to his morals and his integrity? [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] 9 hours ago by Anonymous [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 8 reactions (+7/-1) | Reply [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @b4+1kd2h85d6 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [23:59] schestowitz[TR2] don't you worry, never fear - Dario will just f--k it up in this cr-ppy initiative just like every other thing he did at IBM. Then he will be shown the door. After all, he learned from the worst teacher, Alvind.