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2603 points mattsolle | 2 comments | 12 Nov 20 21:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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heavyset_go ◴[12 Nov 20 21:44 UTC] No.25075498[source]▶
Again, it turns out that Stallman[1] and others[2] were prescient.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.en.html

[2] https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

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pgt ◴[12 Nov 20 23:30 UTC] No.25076763[source]▶
Every year Stallman seems less crazy.
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sjwright ◴[13 Nov 20 00:02 UTC] No.25077040[source]▶
Only in relation to the wider world which is getting progressively more crazy.
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1. rpdillon ◴[13 Nov 20 02:08 UTC] No.25078018{3}[source]▶
I think the intent of the statement was more:

> Every year Stallman seems more correct.

In the sense that the exact risks he was trying to mitigate are in fact materializing in mainstream computing platforms.

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2. pgt ◴[13 Nov 20 08:44 UTC] No.25080377[source]▶
Yes, but framing it like that that won't rise to the top and get people to pay attention to all the other important things he has to say.