From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: philipk@posteo.net, rms@gnu.org, spacibba@aol.com,
emacs-devel@gnu.org, dgutov@yandex.ru, jamtlu@gmail.com,
eduardoochs@gmail.com
Subject: Re: How to make Emacs popular again.
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:52:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv362yj97c.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83tuvegkmo.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 01 Oct 2020 16:07:27 +0300")
> I understand the general issue with using services, but in this case
> the server just sends the description of a word taken from a
> dictionary. Aren't we a tad too radical, perhaps even extreme, in
> this case?
FWIW, I tend to agree: the main reason for using a server is to avoid
having to *store* a local copy of all the dictionaries you might want
to use. So I see it more like a remote storage than a remote service.
I do value highly having offline access to such info, which is why
I have local copies of some dictionaries, but I think this is more
a practical matter than an ethical one.
This said, it is a slippery slope and given the general current context
where we move every time more in the direction of relying on external
servers that are not under the control of the user, I do think we should
be careful not to encourage the use of such remote servers.
> It's not like the server calculates something that could
> be subverted by a server we don't control.
OTOH, there can be definite value in collecting the set of queries
a particular user performs.
> And how is it different from the command we have that queries an
> Internet search engine (M-s M-w)?
Indeed, the difference is fairly small (tho there's a clear practical
difference in that it's unrealistic to run your own search engine).
> Or from asking an SMTP server to send an email message?
That is quite different, since the whole purpose is to send a message
elsewhere, so there's just no way you could do it locally.
Stefan
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2020-09-28 23:51 ` Eduardo Ochs
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2020-09-30 5:26 ` Eduardo Ochs
2020-10-02 3:45 ` Richard Stallman
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2020-09-30 10:03 ` Jean Louis
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2020-10-01 8:11 ` Philip K.
2020-10-02 3:52 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-02 16:02 ` dict - " Jean Louis
2020-10-03 2:56 ` Richard Stallman
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2020-10-10 3:53 ` Richard Stallman
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2020-10-01 14:21 ` Jean Louis
2020-10-01 4:14 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-01 14:22 ` Jean Louis
2020-09-30 13:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-01 4:13 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-01 13:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-01 14:39 ` Jean Louis
2020-10-01 14:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-01 15:11 ` tomas
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2020-10-01 16:30 ` tomas
2020-10-02 3:53 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-01 14:46 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-10-01 16:21 ` Jean Louis
2020-10-02 3:52 ` Richard Stallman
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2020-10-02 16:13 ` Jean Louis
2020-10-02 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-02 16:33 ` Jean Louis
2020-10-03 7:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-04 3:45 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-04 7:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2020-10-10 7:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-10 12:22 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-10-04 8:56 ` Jean Louis
2020-10-04 3:38 ` Richard Stallman
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2020-10-02 3:52 ` Richard Stallman
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2020-10-02 7:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-04 3:38 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-04 6:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-04 9:02 ` Jean Louis
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2020-10-05 3:14 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-05 5:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-06 2:34 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-04 8:25 ` Dictionaries better be offline - " Jean Louis
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2020-10-04 7:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2020-10-11 7:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2020-10-11 11:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-11 13:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-11 22:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-12 16:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-13 0:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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2020-10-14 14:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-14 17:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-14 17:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-14 22:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-15 13:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-15 14:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-15 14:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2020-10-15 14:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-15 15:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-15 16:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-15 16:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-15 18:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-15 18:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-15 6:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-15 12:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-15 6:48 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-15 14:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-15 14:07 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-15 14:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2020-10-11 13:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-11 22:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-11 23:39 ` Drew Adams
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2020-10-13 0:35 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-13 14:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-14 4:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-14 14:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2020-10-11 14:35 ` Teemu Likonen
2020-10-11 15:21 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-10-11 18:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-11 18:58 ` Andreas Schwab
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2020-10-11 19:42 ` Drew Adams
2020-10-11 19:56 ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-11 21:09 ` Stefan Monnier
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2020-12-02 22:33 ` Stephen Berman
2020-12-03 21:05 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-03 21:06 ` Roland Winkler
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2020-10-12 9:47 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-10-12 11:17 ` Ricardo Wurmus
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2020-10-14 8:03 ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-14 16:38 ` Drew Adams
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2020-10-01 16:13 ` GNU Dico - " Jean Louis
2020-10-01 16:29 ` Thibaut Verron
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2020-10-01 16:41 ` Jean Louis
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2020-09-27 2:42 ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-27 8:27 ` Dmitry Gutov
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