Prot Asks: Ronnie about free software, privacy, parenting, and life in Iraqi Kurdistan
Raw link: YouTube OR Internet Archive
In this new video series, I talk to anybody who is interested to have a video call with me (so do contact me if you want!). The topics cover anything related to Emacs, technology, and life in general. More here: https://protesilaos.com/prot-asks/.
In this video I talk with Ronnie Nissan about a range of issues covering free software and everyday life issues. Ronnie is a GTK (Gnome) app developer, who also has experience with GNU Emacs. We explore the intersection of social organisation and modern technology, such as how peopleās behavioural patterns are affected and what kind of power dynamics are at play. Through our exchange we discuss matters of parenting, or what I called āupbringingā (it involves more than just the parents), education, and culture at-large. In the process, I learn about life in Iraqi Kurdistan, while also noticing how many of the typical personal and collective problems we are aware of are common across cultures.
Links by Ronnie (and mention of my journal entry)
- Concessio GTK app: https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.ronniedroid.concessio
- Embellish GTK app: https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.getnf.embellish
- āGet NerdFontsā application: https://github.com/getnf/getnf
- Ronnieās website: https://ronnienissan.pages.dev/
- Protās āFreedom within robust constraintsā: https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2025-08-23-freedom-robust-constraints/