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I Am Satoshi

84 points by revskill 5y ago

beepbooptheory 5y ago
The real Satoshi could only dream of doing the kind of work that Linus has done. Perhaps not even that.
luckydata 5y ago
lol he's such a troll
re 5y ago
This commit wasn't actually made by Linus, it's someone else trolling. > This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac632c504d0b881d7cfb44e3fdde3ec30eb548d9 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac632c504d0b881d7cf... https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits?author=torvalds https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits?author=torvalds This ability to (1) forge commits from other people and (2) reference commit hashes from different forks, making them appear to belong to a GitHub repository that they were never actually pushed to, has been posted about on HN before, though I'm having trouble finding the most relevant link. Why does GitHub let me commit as other people? (2014) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7792026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7792026 Edit: For instance, someone pulled a similar trick a year back by making a commit in a fork of the GitHub DMCA repository containing youtube-dl: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24882921 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24882921
- akoster 5y ago
  Thanks for clarifying - I was scratching my head why that commit wasn't showing up on git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/Makefile?id=ac632c504d0b881d7cfb44e3fdde3ec30eb548d9 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...
Doches 5y ago
Linus definitely jumps to mind when I think of cutting edge C++ programmers working on Windows...
jawns 5y ago
The relevant line: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ac632c504d0b881d7cfb44e3fdde3ec30eb548d9/Makefile#L6 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ac632c504d0b881d7cfb4...
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alberth 5y ago
What's the backstory on why Linus is submitting a patch with a variable stating "I am Satoshi"
- qbasic_forever 5y ago
  Kernels have funny or odd names. This isn't anything out of the ordinary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_version_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_version_history Linus is just trolling folks. Some past names have been: - Hurr durr I'ma sheep - Kleptomaniac Octopus - Blurry Fish Butt - Psychotic Stoned Sheep
- chaosite 5y ago
  The variable is the name of that version of Linux, the version being the still unreleased Linux 5.17-rc2. Basically, he's naming the release the "I am Satoshi" release. The previous one was "Gobble Gobble".
- pronoiac 5y ago
  He didn't. GitHub didn't verify the author here, and they store forks of the same repo together, so you can sorta spoof whose repo a given commit hash is under.
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Kon-Peki 5y ago
Better than being a turkey
utdiscant 5y ago
Is this just trolling, or is there a reason to believe he could/could not be Satoshi?
- thereddaikon 5y ago
  I don't think there is any real evidence or logic in thinking he is. If he had come up with the idea he is smart enough to have also thought up some of the negative consequences as well. Whoever did the work either didn't consider them or didn't care. And Linus doesn't strike me as that kind of person.
sneilan1 5y ago
So Either 1) Linus Torvalds is asserting he is Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin. 2) Someone hacked Linus’ GitHub account. 3) Someone used a technique on git to change the author and claim they are Satoshi. IMO: Most likely is 2 or 3.
- luke2m 5y ago
  > This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository. So, #3
- franciscop 5y ago
  Neither; this is some random text in a fork's branch, not the main repo, that Github allows to show up as part of the main repo somehow. Terrible UX from Github's side that leads to people thinking this is part of the main repo. (So it's not 3rd because they didn't "change the author" on master, it's just not on master).
- chaosite 5y ago
  Actually, it's more likely that it's: 2b) Someone is using GitHub trickery to display a commit in another repo as belonging to that repo (see other comments), without actually compromising any accounts. 4) Linus decided on a funny name for the release.
raxor53 5y ago
If this was true, it'd be a great movie in about 10 years.
natoshisakamoto 5y ago
Right
alexellisuk 5y ago
For anyone who is confused by the lack of context: the poster is showing us an issue with the GitHub UI which was circulated on Twitter today. This issue makes it look like a commit in a fork is actually on the upstream repository - and you can also make a commit with any email address you like, for instance with Torvald's.
EToS 5y ago
To be fair, the previous names were also jokes like Gobble Gobble / Trick of Treat etc, so i wouldn't assume its something to be taken seriously! https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blame/0280e3c58f92b2fe0e8fbbdf8d386449168de4a8/Makefile https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blame/0280e3c58f92b2fe0e8f... https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blame/8ced7ca3570333998ad2088d5a6275701970e28e/Makefile https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blame/8ced7ca3570333998ad2...
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Finnucane 5y ago
It works better if you imagine Tony Curtis in a toga.
niccl 5y ago
other NAMEs, form the git log NAME = Trick or Treat NAME = Opossums on Parade NAME = Frozen Wasteland NAME = Valentine's Day Edition NAME = Kleptomaniac Octopus NAME = Nesting Opossum NAME = Bobtail Squid NAME = Golden Lions NAME = Shy Crocodile NAME = "People's Front" NAME = Merciless Moray NAME = Fearless Coyote NAME = Anniversary Edition NAME = Roaring Lionus NAME = Psychotic Stoned Sheep NAME = Charred Weasel NAME = Blurry Fish Butt NAME = Hurr durr I'ma sheep NAME = Diseased Newt NAME = Shuffling Zombie Juror NAME = One Giant Leap for Frogkind NAME = Suicidal Squirrel NAME = Linux for Workgroups NAME = Unicycling Gorilla NAME = Terrified Chipmunk NAME = Saber-toothed Squirrel NAME = "Divemaster Edition" NAME = Wet Seal NAME = Sneaky Weasel NAME = Flesh-Eating Bats with Fangs NAME = Sheep on Meth NAME = Man-Eating Seals of Antiquity NAME = Vindictive Armadillo NAME = Temporary Tasmanian Devil NAME = Erotic Pickled Herring NAME = Killer Bat of Doom NAME = Rotary Wombat NAME = Funky Weasel is Jiggy wit it NAME = Arr Matey! A Hairy Bilge Rat! NAME = Pink Farting Weasel NAME = Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman! NAME = Jeff Thinks I Should Change This, But To What? NAME = Nocturnal Monster Puppy NAME = Homicidal Dwarf Hamster NAME=Avast! A bilge rat! NAME=Crazed Snow-Weasel NAME=Lordi Rules NAME=Sliding Snow Leopard NAME=Affluent Albatross NAME=Woozy Numbat
hexo 5y ago
Sooooooo cringe. And also, why is this flagged?
mjg59 5y ago
For the avoidance of doubt when anyone finds this at some random point in the future: sorry, this was me.
chrisMyzel 5y ago
look at all the post revskill has made…same scheme on other posts

I Am Satoshi

84 points by revskill 5y ago

beepbooptheory 5y ago

The real Satoshi could only dream of doing the kind of work that Linus has done. Perhaps not even that.

luckydata 5y ago

lol he's such a troll

re 5y ago

This commit wasn't actually made by Linus, it's someone else trolling. > This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac632c504d0b881d7cfb44e3fdde3ec30eb548d9 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac632c504d0b881d7cf... https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits?author=torvalds https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits?author=torvalds This ability to (1) forge commits from other people and (2) reference commit hashes from different forks, making them appear to belong to a GitHub repository that they were never actually pushed to, has been posted about on HN before, though I'm having trouble finding the most relevant link. Why does GitHub let me commit as other people? (2014) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7792026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7792026 Edit: For instance, someone pulled a similar trick a year back by making a commit in a fork of the GitHub DMCA repository containing youtube-dl: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24882921 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24882921

akoster 5y ago
Thanks for clarifying - I was scratching my head why that commit wasn't showing up on git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/Makefile?id=ac632c504d0b881d7cfb44e3fdde3ec30eb548d9 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...

Doches 5y ago

Linus definitely jumps to mind when I think of cutting edge C++ programmers working on Windows...

jawns 5y ago

The relevant line: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ac632c504d0b881d7cfb44e3fdde3ec30eb548d9/Makefile#L6 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ac632c504d0b881d7cfb4...

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alberth 5y ago

What's the backstory on why Linus is submitting a patch with a variable stating "I am Satoshi"

qbasic_forever 5y ago
Kernels have funny or odd names. This isn't anything out of the ordinary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_version_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_version_history Linus is just trolling folks. Some past names have been: - Hurr durr I'ma sheep - Kleptomaniac Octopus - Blurry Fish Butt - Psychotic Stoned Sheep
chaosite 5y ago
The variable is the name of that version of Linux, the version being the still unreleased Linux 5.17-rc2. Basically, he's naming the release the "I am Satoshi" release. The previous one was "Gobble Gobble".
pronoiac 5y ago
He didn't. GitHub didn't verify the author here, and they store forks of the same repo together, so you can sorta spoof whose repo a given commit hash is under.
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Kon-Peki 5y ago

Better than being a turkey

utdiscant 5y ago

Is this just trolling, or is there a reason to believe he could/could not be Satoshi?

thereddaikon 5y ago
I don't think there is any real evidence or logic in thinking he is. If he had come up with the idea he is smart enough to have also thought up some of the negative consequences as well. Whoever did the work either didn't consider them or didn't care. And Linus doesn't strike me as that kind of person.

sneilan1 5y ago

So Either 1) Linus Torvalds is asserting he is Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin. 2) Someone hacked Linus’ GitHub account. 3) Someone used a technique on git to change the author and claim they are Satoshi. IMO: Most likely is 2 or 3.

luke2m 5y ago
> This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository. So, #3
franciscop 5y ago
Neither; this is some random text in a fork's branch, not the main repo, that Github allows to show up as part of the main repo somehow. Terrible UX from Github's side that leads to people thinking this is part of the main repo. (So it's not 3rd because they didn't "change the author" on master, it's just not on master).
chaosite 5y ago
Actually, it's more likely that it's: 2b) Someone is using GitHub trickery to display a commit in another repo as belonging to that repo (see other comments), without actually compromising any accounts. 4) Linus decided on a funny name for the release.

raxor53 5y ago

If this was true, it'd be a great movie in about 10 years.

natoshisakamoto 5y ago

Right

alexellisuk 5y ago

For anyone who is confused by the lack of context: the poster is showing us an issue with the GitHub UI which was circulated on Twitter today. This issue makes it look like a commit in a fork is actually on the upstream repository - and you can also make a commit with any email address you like, for instance with Torvald's.

EToS 5y ago

To be fair, the previous names were also jokes like Gobble Gobble / Trick of Treat etc, so i wouldn't assume its something to be taken seriously! https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blame/0280e3c58f92b2fe0e8fbbdf8d386449168de4a8/Makefile https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blame/0280e3c58f92b2fe0e8f... https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blame/8ced7ca3570333998ad2088d5a6275701970e28e/Makefile https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blame/8ced7ca3570333998ad2...

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Finnucane 5y ago

It works better if you imagine Tony Curtis in a toga.

niccl 5y ago

other NAMEs, form the git log NAME = Trick or Treat NAME = Opossums on Parade NAME = Frozen Wasteland NAME = Valentine's Day Edition NAME = Kleptomaniac Octopus NAME = Nesting Opossum NAME = Bobtail Squid NAME = Golden Lions NAME = Shy Crocodile NAME = "People's Front" NAME = Merciless Moray NAME = Fearless Coyote NAME = Anniversary Edition NAME = Roaring Lionus NAME = Psychotic Stoned Sheep NAME = Charred Weasel NAME = Blurry Fish Butt NAME = Hurr durr I'ma sheep NAME = Diseased Newt NAME = Shuffling Zombie Juror NAME = One Giant Leap for Frogkind NAME = Suicidal Squirrel NAME = Linux for Workgroups NAME = Unicycling Gorilla NAME = Terrified Chipmunk NAME = Saber-toothed Squirrel NAME = "Divemaster Edition" NAME = Wet Seal NAME = Sneaky Weasel NAME = Flesh-Eating Bats with Fangs NAME = Sheep on Meth NAME = Man-Eating Seals of Antiquity NAME = Vindictive Armadillo NAME = Temporary Tasmanian Devil NAME = Erotic Pickled Herring NAME = Killer Bat of Doom NAME = Rotary Wombat NAME = Funky Weasel is Jiggy wit it NAME = Arr Matey! A Hairy Bilge Rat! NAME = Pink Farting Weasel NAME = Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman! NAME = Jeff Thinks I Should Change This, But To What? NAME = Nocturnal Monster Puppy NAME = Homicidal Dwarf Hamster NAME=Avast! A bilge rat! NAME=Crazed Snow-Weasel NAME=Lordi Rules NAME=Sliding Snow Leopard NAME=Affluent Albatross NAME=Woozy Numbat

hexo 5y ago

Sooooooo cringe. And also, why is this flagged?

mjg59 5y ago

For the avoidance of doubt when anyone finds this at some random point in the future: sorry, this was me.

chrisMyzel 5y ago

look at all the post revskill has made…same scheme on other posts