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I always appreciate Linus' rants. In addition to being somewhat humorous, I usually learn a thing or two from them. It amazes me that people focus on how much o
by PrimHelios 9y ago
I always appreciate Linus' rants. In addition to being somewhat humorous, I usually learn a thing or two from them. It amazes me that people focus on how much of a jerk he's being instead of actually looking at the contents of his emails and learning something.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoReally? The internet is full of ranting commenters. They all have content of a sort. His don't deserve any more attention just because he's the subject of a hero-worship cult. Its actually possible to find thoughtful commentary on most any subject, without suffering jerks.
- workthrowaway27 9y agoPeople only post his rants. Most of his replies are pretty benign.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoSo with only a little counseling he could be a normal human being...
- Valmar 9y agoHe is a "normal" human being, lol. What a ridiculous comment.
- justherefortart 9y agoSometimes you just get sick of people pushing off garbage like it's a 3 star Michelin meal. As the primary kernel developer, the amount of crap he has to deal with gives him broad levity IMO. I've worked with engineers across many fields over my ~35 years of working. When they're ripping you a new one, you pretty much always deserve it. Putting shit on a plate is being a jerk, because you're not only wasting your time, you're wasting his time as well.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoSo we're just to take his word for it? Other than profanity what I read had no specifics, just jerky complaining. By a guy who is arguably not an expert at the issue (of Intel Processor microcode internal vulnerabilities). A thoughtful comment would have illuminated the issue, explained why the fixes were too broad or not specific enough, and how they could be improved.
- figgis 9y ago> By a guy who is arguably not an expert at the issue Linus is the defacto expert on the Linux kernel. His familiarity with the kernel and long history on these issues gives him the credibility to say a patch or code is completely nonsensical. This isn't Intel's first rodeo. They know what is expected and they continue to play games with their code. If they are pushing garbage then there's a very good chance they know it's garbage.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoSorry, I've read the Linux kernel. Not a paragon of coding or design. Mr Linus is not a good programmer. And he'd have to be an expert on Intel processor internals, which he really can't be. Not in a position to know the details.
- PrimHelios 9y agoThose other rants are neither entertaining, nor informative. The reasons why I like Linus' rants in particular are because they're fun to read and I learn things.