Chalk Radio from MIT OpenCourseWare

I really enjoy this podcast. It’s great to hear that the professors at MIT share their passion and expertise with students and the wider world. One of my favorite episodes is Prof. Eric Grimson’s story about making computer science more accessible to everyone. It’s really motivating to think that there are so many talented teachers and resources available, which makes me feel confident and excited to keep learning on my own.

This isn’t an echo chamber. You and I are on Lemmy, and we, lemmings, love free and open-source software. But I bet you that many people still use proprietary software as their daily drivers. Many of them still use Windows as their main OS, and many are still on iOS. However, that’s not the end of the story. They also use plenty of FOSS software, like Firefox, VLC (you can’t deny the love of people for VLC), OBS, and qBittorrent. And that’s a good thing! It’s not a binary choice that you have to either go this way or this way. That’s not healthy.

Even if this is an echo chamber, so what? I see it as an effort to set a norm for the community. ‘Hey, I love Linux, you should try it!’ ‘I have the same experience, you should give it a go.’ ‘I’ve used Linux for a long time and I love it, feel free to ask me any questions.’ When there are many people willing to help, others are less scared to try new things. And when we move together, we fear nothing!

Do you like hurting other people?

The answer for 1 from EFF: Is my phone listening to me?