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    Linus does not fuck around (lemmy.one)
    submitted 10 months ago by AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    [–] __matthew__@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

    While Linus went overboard (as he has a history of doing, and as has also caused negativity to the community), this post is still very well liked because it appears to be a strong example of someone calling out the BS that a lot of developers like to throw around. No one's going to join in a circle celebrating Linus picking on some first time contributor who didn't know any better, but that's how it sounds like you're interpreting the post.

    To add some context, there's a toxic superiority complex that many developers have where they jump to blame others for issues that actually relate to their code. You can see this anywhere from developers who immediately blame users without investigating to software developers within companies who are quick to pass off issues as not their team's problem.

    So, in this example Linus is actually calling one of these developers out, which is why the post is very well-received.

    [–] uis@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Well put

    [–] sugartits@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Alert! The point is being contested!

    [–] uis@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

    Is it team Shitter-Reddit again?

    Don't worry, they are so incompetent, that they can't read more than one line of text.

    [–] Doods@infosec.pub 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

    You mean the light isn't properly aligned?

    [–] uis@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

    Wat? I mean the point was written in easy to ubderstand way. It is picture of point from TF2.

    [–] Doods@infosec.pub 1 points 10 months ago

    I still do not understand how Dustbowl's point has anything to do with conveying that meaning but whatever I do not care.