• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    4 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.

    • Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 days ago

      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!

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        4 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.