somehow this reminds me of the story of another internet personality when he met richard stallman for the first time because he was staging a silent protest at his talk. one of the observations was that the protesters were actually interested in the talk and there were more people in the room than expected because of it. it was mentioned or even discussed on HN but i can't find it now.
the key part: "At least half the questions (all technical) during and after the talk were from the protesters. [...] as a result of Stallman's ploy, my audience was about twice what it would have been."
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somehow this reminds me of the story of another internet personality when he met richard stallman for the first time because he was staging a silent protest at his talk. one of the observations was that the protesters were actually interested in the talk and there were more people in the room than expected because of it. it was mentioned or even discussed on HN but i can't find it now.
I think I remember that; It was a talk by somebody from nVidia, as I recall.
don't know about nvidia, but it would not surprise me if something like that happened more than once. i finally found the one i was referring to. it was rob pike: http://commandcenter.blogspot.com/2006/06/i-cant-find-this-o...
some discussion of that post here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=607335 and here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3963456
the key part: "At least half the questions (all technical) during and after the talk were from the protesters. [...] as a result of Stallman's ploy, my audience was about twice what it would have been."