From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Yuri Khan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help,gmane.emacs.orgmode Subject: Re: General advice beyond Org Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 17:54:45 +0700 Message-ID: References: <7dc580d0ea76c21328dc586ffadb5499@openmail.cc> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1526640809 18757 195.159.176.226 (18 May 2018 10:53:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 10:53:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs , Org-mode To: edgar@openmail.cc Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 18 12:53:24 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fJd0m-0004ml-70 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 May 2018 12:53:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37991 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fJd2t-0002wZ-8w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 May 2018 06:55:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57455) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fJd2P-0002wR-4T for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 May 2018 06:55:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fJd2L-0007rQ-8K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 May 2018 06:55:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ot0-x231.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c0f::231]:46957) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fJd2I-0007qI-SD; Fri, 18 May 2018 06:54:58 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ot0-x231.google.com with SMTP id t1-v6so8561705ott.13; Fri, 18 May 2018 03:54:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tMhf75wmcJsa9inVPcjGyzaiyVPdgd6M+mOnZeul97M=; b=PyzMVdCN83gkgFpmuZ1VmZcczcFEygkzgOUrbKn/DIKCIpb0lsxVqTtxeKB3lJgstQ TmQIUsFkcdZ7f9MLyo6g10LwDBkhWKXnNDySGfI1VECeuGJGKHZMk5MsJQ5OGgbrkPQG itri3RcQmnf9gWQUG2iLTQ+D1GhFOIF+IFBHNS/fKuXr5Pm1da0LyGUVwipYq2TvBVoh mWabh68ek+GzpOuoDEeUjd5vJFVp0g/KDwE9tc6GeSoLxhjrWL+Gcnx9vc1L1iynzq6b vaTWwJwCJYgUWs79WpLe8ZDQt2wY9Ukk2oPCVd+SOXOFyl2O3jojs4QVuccMDeMogm0L 6wmA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tMhf75wmcJsa9inVPcjGyzaiyVPdgd6M+mOnZeul97M=; b=tt/2u5PYe54Pv5LGf2pShbfx0PC99uQ/MhSalY4r3K9nALL2qMB9pHo08aVWrD3iSJ QXsG4esmBxJXoUPunqsZjVjSD+lSF+TUmuQnj0yq6d8Wd2A6AvNDJFkn6UztsCJ+zMF4 EdaGuXVSVOdhPuS2uh+uaswJfhyA9LxJpzlisHdrxK3oUpcfPceUFRQaFH7afFUgpK9f qOvAhh2uNw7kjnl3HWPQdlnhVYwPBZTiZxybeuiFSY5q6lWUc1yuYreWe4RCpSqc8ojR yqgYwWjw4+7Qd2cQRiNIo1nlrdZVAnr6ZMnrWN/JoLbc5TKPMJt51ZLTGnLpFQR+UOia W8AQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwfIFaAgpAb0NrZTXVXXC7bUAnHyOUfSL+ncT+Ck6ndLXonL84tc MyU4CHWtDpnlYisjpLveXJevYUgmdE/cKRHQITN8xQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZq0QW6HcSaHEGBUCpgpzSq7nQpkI2BJ3zyJy+pQoGIyYqzT7qfgrakGphddh+3UaGEZun/TLjEDkL0iSqxCXsQ= X-Received: by 2002:a9d:172d:: with SMTP id i45-v6mr6430221ota.43.1526640897260; Fri, 18 May 2018 03:54:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <7dc580d0ea76c21328dc586ffadb5499@openmail.cc> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c0f::231 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:116761 gmane.emacs.orgmode:120445 Archived-At: On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 7:29 AM wrote: > _I_ need help. I am in graduate school, and I keep having issues with my > advisor for my strong inclination to use free software. I am obviously > not in position to refuse, but she dislikes to have discussions about > it. She pays a stipend to me every month, and my tuition is wa[i]ved. > Is anyone here aware of a place where they do computational human > biomechanics, mechanics, materials or finite elements where I could > interact with free software? (having github, LaTeX, Python, etc.; avoid > Micro$oft products, Matlab, Mathematica, etc.). Is there no place where > one can simply use free software on a daily basis? Are you required to pay for licenses for proprietary software you are asked to use? Chances are, your school is getting academic discounts, and you get to use it for no charge. Your instructors and professors probably have a lot of experience with those tools. They are understandably reluctant to switch, because the tools work well enough for them. Also, as a student, you do not have sufficient influence to convert everybody at your school to free software. > As a student or junior faculty, how do you go about this? Do you just > nod and wave your freedom good bye? The point of education is to get exposed to many tools, techniques and workflows. By limiting yourself to free software only, you will miss out. Be a scout in the proprietary camp. Learn the tools your instructors are willing to teach. Learn what it takes to achieve the same results with free software. Learn the difference in workflows and user experience. You will find something you can do with free software that you don=E2=80=99= t know how to do with proprietary tools. Ask your teachers. They will either point you at something you missed (and then you can study it); or they will admit that feature is nice but their tool doesn=E2=80=99t have it (and then you h= ave demonstrated the merits of free software); or they will say it=E2=80=99s no= t important. You will also likely find more than a few points where non-free software delivers better UX. Use that knowledge to improve free software so that it can compete with proprietary software on UX terms, not only on the issue of freedom.