From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gene Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: General advice beyond Org Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 16:27:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: 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 1526686104 11640 195.159.176.226 (18 May 2018 23:28:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 23:28:24 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 23:27:13 +0000 User-Agent: G2/1.0 To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 19 01:28:20 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 1fJonK-0002uK-Tt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 May 2018 01:28:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41208 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fJopR-0007oY-Or for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 May 2018 19:30:29 -0400 X-Received: by 2002:a0c:a8ca:: with SMTP id h10-v6mr7422768qvc.58.1526686033143; Fri, 18 May 2018 16:27:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:ac8:6754:: with SMTP id n20-v6mr222221qtp.1.1526686032870; Fri, 18 May 2018 16:27:12 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!x25-v6no823160qto.0!news-out.google.com!p41-v6ni1149qtp.1!nntp.google.com!x25-v6no823157qto.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2604:6000:d481:9600:996f:9881:cc19:719d; posting-account=xePGxQoAAAAgJalA5zaHmrGIX9Wk_gLW Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2604:6000:d481:9600:996f:9881:cc19:719d Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:222654 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:116775 Archived-At: On Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 8:29:06 PM UTC-4, ed...@openmail.cc wrote: > Hello, >=20 > _I_ need help. I am in graduate school, and I keep having issues with my= =20 > advisor for my strong inclination to use free software.=20 That you see it or characerize it this way might be part of your problem. I've experienced similar problems when employed as a software and firmware = engineer when The Pointy Haired Boss dictated which computer language to us= e. Or was that to submit source code in? This is no moot point ... for me THEN or YOU NOW. Your perviser proclivities to use free software may be masked by whatever s= uperficial formating of whatever file you provide to her as the fruits of y= our labor. It's none of her effin' busyness how many intermediate steps occurred betwe= en your initial efforts and what her superficial highness SEES as the end r= esults of your scholarly ever so academic efforts ... is it? Open Office can read and write many Monopoly$oft Office formats. So why not regard it as a laundering `compatibility' black box to which you= can insert `content' generated by a wife variety of free software apps of = your choosing? That you're using org-mode means you have access to the lisp engine at the = heart of emacs and can thus offload the steps used to automate the generati= on of the superficial files you hand over to your `advisor' -- indentured s= ervant MASTER -- NOW ... as you're rehearsing the practice for re-use if/wh= en you get out into the Real World where EVERY Pointer Haired Boss can dema= nd this, and micro-manage that.=20 That you even mention the perverse proclivity to use free software puts you= at risk for `special treatment'. Do you have any idea how many in positions of authority to constrain your f= reedom of choise OWN Monopoly$oft stock and have no qualms about misusing t= heir positions of authority to specify proprietary products which benifit t= hem as stock holders?! Don't EVEN go there! Just learn how to generate what they want to SEE and learn how to back prog= ate changes you make to the bogus `official' documents as red-lined by THEM= ... we know WHO they ARE. > I am obviously not in position to refuse, ... And indentured servant my any other name ... > ... but she dislikes to have discussions about it.=20 Rookie! Keep your perversions to yourself. Stop scaring the women and children needlessly. >She pays a stipend to me every month, and my tuition is waved. =20 > Is anyone here aware of a place ... Ummn ... in your HEAD and computationally within your computer equipment. > where they do computational human biomechanics, mechanics,=20 > materials or finite elements where I could=20 > interact with free software?=20 Think about it. The more factors you have ANDed together the harder it is going to be to fi= nd the Goldly Locks `just right' solution you're looking for. What makes emacs so wonderful is not org-mode, it's the elisp which props o= rg-mode up. One can load packages to facilitate the activities one exploits towards gen= erating the eye wash The Boss needs to SEE to keep one's stipend flowing. One can cobble together a specialized configuration to facilitate the speci= al blend of functionality one requires. > (having github, LaTeX, Python, etc.; avoid=20 > Micro$oft products, Matlab, Mathematica, etc.).=20 Let's suppose you know enough Latin to get you by in academia U =3D No topia =3D place > Is there no place where=20 > one can simply use free software on a daily basis? Utopia =3D=3D No Place Pinch yourself; you're dreaming. > It seems from her comments that I am, otherwise, a good researcher.=20 Otherwise? Funny stuff. Those with the `right stuff' to BE a good researcher naturally resonate wit= h the ethos underpinning free software -- the empirical method can be used = to tweak the source code on an as-needed basis as with any other lab equipm= ent. > She is a nice person, but I fear that this may become an issue in the fut= ure=20 > for me (whether with her or other people). Right. As I mentioned earlier, get used to this. Get used to translating from YOUR ipsative inner world -- extended by use o= f free software -- into something or other which results in your SELF eithe= r `voluntarily-prostrating or involuntarily being-prostrated onto THEIR Pro= crustean Beds. Please think of free software a belonging on YOUR side of the fence. It's all weird and wonderful when we find those statistically deviant to sh= are in our fetish. But you're heading for disappointment and frustration hoping or expecting I= T to displace Pop Culture, Business Culture, Mainstream Culture. > As a student or junior faculty, how do you go about this?=20 > Do you just nod and wave your freedom good bye? You are FREE to think what you want and believe what you want. Though when you EXPRESS as per `freedom of speech/expression' others have t= he same freedoms of expression to PUSH BACK, respond accordingly, etc. Thus my suggestion to keep it to yourself and your statistically deviant fr= iends. As long as you can send and receive files in the formats of THEIR WORLD the= y have no grounds for `special treatment'; however IF YOU seek `special tre= atment' in the form of THEM accommodating YOUR deviant practices it's YOU a= re throwing the rock through the metaphorical hornet's nest. > Thank you! (I will post this in other fora as well; don't let that to=20 > discourage you from answering, please). I hope my two cents had at least 1 cent of value for you. Cheers!