Lena@gregtech.eu to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 13 days agoBased torvaldsgregtech.euimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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minus-squareeestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoI think Linus would agree that he’s one of the all-time assholes in world history, but sometimes his heart is in the right place.
minus-squareLena@gregtech.euOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-213 days agoHe has a harsh, no-bullshit way of saying stuff
minus-squareVoroxpete@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoI’ll always take a good person who says bad things over a bad person who says good things.
minus-squarerudyharrelson@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-213 days agoSame, but luckily those aren’t the only two options. Torvalds’ particular brand of constructive criticism tends to be insulting and demeaning rather than simply “direct”. We can acknowledge that without deflecting to worse people.
I think Linus would agree that he’s one of the all-time assholes in world history, but sometimes his heart is in the right place.
He has a harsh, no-bullshit way of saying stuff
Yeah, an asshole.
I’ll always take a good person who says bad things over a bad person who says good things.
Same, but luckily those aren’t the only two options.
Torvalds’ particular brand of constructive criticism tends to be insulting and demeaning rather than simply “direct”. We can acknowledge that without deflecting to worse people.