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There was a time when saying you didn't know how to do x on Linux forums got insults and RTFM replies, but saying that Linux was an incapable of doing x got hel
by rz2k 6y ago
There was a time when saying you didn't know how to do x on Linux forums got insults and RTFM replies, but saying that Linux was an incapable of doing x got helpful instructions given in exquisite detail.
It did sound a bit like a taunt to enlist the community in figuring it out.
- kvz 6y agoLate Pieter Hintjens of ZeroMQ (and more) openly admitted to using this hack if he needed to have work done. State that something is impossible and watch developers tumble over each other to get it done and prove you wrong.