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A Harsh Reality

Why would I be in the realm where people calling me name? I am not a fatso, anonymous victim nor whatever they've decided to befall upon me. I am not that ugly meat that nobody cares. No, that empty shell holding a mouse and a keyboard is a nightmare I constantly have because of my badassness. I am Master Chief and I'm here to save the day. Argh, why I must constantly dreaming of being that thing. Wake up, damnit! We got a planet to save.

Stop Complaining

Mr Rogers was concerned by the lack of good educational TV program for children. He was supposed to be a minister. But, he decided to focus to build his own TV program. Well, this poster reminds me of why I am become an active FOSS advocate. I feel like not want to explain it again and again. But, I do glad that I did choose to do it. Have I done my part well? I hope I have. But, I don't dare to conclude it myself. I knew back then that my expertise is one of the chronic of weak law enforcement. It created digital gap. It even put people away from many knowledge. That was why, I chose to be part of the problem solver. I knew the resistance is high. To do something against the norm and kicking people out from their comfort zone. The risk was high and the pay seemed not really worth it. Well, I wasn't alone. God protected my blind sides. I know faith is something that irrational. But, to think that something is irrational because it is still unproven itself is irrat...

When Entertainment Enters Your Living Room

We see children every day thrown out into the streets. We see every day injustice happen and we keep our silence. We are killing this tiny little part of ours that was called compassion. It isn't needed in this 21st century of rat race. We have too much in our hands. Besides, we all live in a good neighbourhood. All of these violence scenes are nothing but mere entertainments brought by the media. We enjoy it as a dose of daily show. Someday, those children be adults without proper education. Those opressed become villains. Those that being bullied stand on firm ground. And they decided to provide the entertainment live at our living room. Only this time, we participated as victims. Please, do something before it starts.

The Media We Used To Know

Picture taken from 9gag. It's since long time I have stopped reading newspaper. They would interestingly added some spices into the story. There were times when I even criticized it on this blog. Where did the good journalism go?

Some Study That I Used to Know (Gotye Parody)

<p><p><p><p>NN</p></p></p></p> My sentiment exactly. I remember when my chemicel teacher used to say, You learned in elementary so you could pass into junior high. You learned in junior high so you could got into highschool. And all these three years you'd spent will be determined in SPMB (SNMPTN/national test for entering higher education) to enter university. So, basically, you spent 12 years of your life just for SPMB.  That sentence I took it to the heart and spent the rest of my sen...

Stallmanism

I've found St. IGNUcius from the Church of Emacs as a graceful saint who blessed the earth with his idea of sharing. A leftist who feel gross at how some elites use their authorities for own benefit. How people should not restrict other's freedom in software. Like other religion, some people would worship St. IGNUcius so much that they tried to make a religion out of it. They wanted to have a closer relation with the idea he brought. They wish to relate  themselves to the teaching and achieved the ideal. In order to do that, they need to translate the teaching into their circumstances. You know, like how to make a sentence that the saint told at the time could be relevant on the days of the worshipers. How it would fit in the socio-world of that time. For example, the scripture of GNU Public License was written in the United State and complied with the country's copyright system. How can I adapt the GPL in Indonesia? I strive as I behave like what the scripture said ...