John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> writes:

> On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 2:11 AM Todor Kondić <tk.code@protonmail.com> wrote:
>
>> But, I doubt any of them would find it natural to take a step further and
>> participate in GNU itself (ugh, now I sound like a preacher of a new age
>> religion). To my knowledge, interaction within GNU communities is still
>> mostly mailing lists and IRC. This _not_ my students' natural digital
>> habitat.

> The only natural digital habitat of human beings is their fingers.  All
> else is learned, and more can be learned at any time.  There's no reason
> why students ought to be so closed to new experiences.

That’s true, but even though I prefer IRC to new protocols, there is
much it lacks. For example showing images inline.

That‘s a client-problem, but it’s real.

Basically this sais that we’re the ones who are closed (often for good
reason, but those reasons need to be explained).

Best wishes,
Arne