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Almondsetat ◴[07 Dec 25 00:17 UTC] No.46177961[source]▶

RMS to me is really a curious case. He doesn't know how to install GNU+Linux and relies on others to do it. He doesn't know how to take a screenshot, and I remember reading other snippets from him about not knowing how to perform other basic tasks.

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adalacelove ◴[07 Dec 25 01:51 UTC] No.46178484[source]▶

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Most screenshots for these well known guys are quite boring. Coincidence? I think if you want to be good at something you need focus.

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1. augusto-moura ◴[07 Dec 25 19:01 UTC] No.46184108[source]▶

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They are just old school. When you learn coding before GUIs were mainstream, you don't care that much about exciting UIs.

Heck, Kernighan was one of the original developers of Unix. In 2015 he was already coding for more than 40-50 years, more time than most from Hacker News are alive. The only constant from that time is the terminal, so no wonder most people in the post gravitate towards that

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