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minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days ago he’s one of the few people I’ve read about who not only acknowledged that but also put effort into changing it - and succeeded. 💯 Not sure I’d have characterised him as an “absolute dipshit” even back then, though.
minus-squareScipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoUnderstandable, he was right very often and “only” his tone was…unfiltered. but I ignore the “was right” part when using that phrasing :) I’d like to imagine that this would be close to the phrasing Linus himself would choose, although I could be off of course!
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days ago he was right very often and “only” his tone was…unfiltered Yeah, there’s a big difference between just insulting someone, or insulting someone based on clear arguments. AFAIK Torvalds always did the latter. Again, not saying that makes it OK though.
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Not sure I’d have characterised him as an “absolute dipshit” even back then, though.
Understandable, he was right very often and “only” his tone was…unfiltered. but I ignore the “was right” part when using that phrasing :)
I’d like to imagine that this would be close to the phrasing Linus himself would choose, although I could be off of course!
Yeah, there’s a big difference between just insulting someone, or insulting someone based on clear arguments. AFAIK Torvalds always did the latter. Again, not saying that makes it OK though.