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Looking at Torvalds' responses today, as an older person who has been through some stuff, it's pretty clear he has serious unresolved emotional issues. It's not

Looking at Torvalds' responses today, as an older person who has been through some stuff, it's pretty clear he has serious unresolved emotional issues. It's not even that his comments are dickish... it sounds more like a cry for help to me now. Somebody who's been hurt and lashes out as a way to protect themselves, their ego, or the unfair standard they hold themselves or others to. The fact that he's a boy king doesn't help, because he can always take his toys and go home if anybody mentions he should see a therapist.

oasisaimlessly 3y ago
Well aren't you the pinnacle of maturity.
NoGravitas 3y ago
Or it's just pretty clear that he's Finnish.
zelon88 3y ago
What do you think Linux would look like today if the kernel team was friendly and outgoing and willing to put on kid gloves and help all the newcomers? What would it look like if everyone's code were "good enough"? What would enterprise look like if Linus was polite and held everybody's hand who wanted to push code into the kernel? Would Linux be as far along as it is? Would it be the same quality?
- 0xbadcafebee 3y ago
  I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. HN is a hellscape of insane nerds on the spectrum with no EQ. Do you actually think rudeness directly correlates to code quality? Like, the more of a dick you are, the better your code gets? What kind of sadistic computer science class were you subjected to? Did you watch the movie "whiplash" and take it as a truism?
  - withinboredom 3y ago
    I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. Apparently, personal attacks work just fine to keep commenters from replying. But I'm here anyway.
- mahogany 3y ago
  > What would enterprise look like if Linus was polite and held everybody's hand who wanted to push code into the kernel? Politeness and hand-holding are not the same thing. You can be direct and reject patches while also being polite. > What would it look like if everyone's code were "good enough"? Nobody is suggesting this...

oasisaimlessly 3y ago

Well aren't you the pinnacle of maturity.

NoGravitas 3y ago

Or it's just pretty clear that he's Finnish.

zelon88 3y ago

What do you think Linux would look like today if the kernel team was friendly and outgoing and willing to put on kid gloves and help all the newcomers? What would it look like if everyone's code were "good enough"? What would enterprise look like if Linus was polite and held everybody's hand who wanted to push code into the kernel? Would Linux be as far along as it is? Would it be the same quality?

0xbadcafebee 3y ago
I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. HN is a hellscape of insane nerds on the spectrum with no EQ. Do you actually think rudeness directly correlates to code quality? Like, the more of a dick you are, the better your code gets? What kind of sadistic computer science class were you subjected to? Did you watch the movie "whiplash" and take it as a truism?
- withinboredom 3y ago
  I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. Apparently, personal attacks work just fine to keep commenters from replying. But I'm here anyway.
mahogany 3y ago
> What would enterprise look like if Linus was polite and held everybody's hand who wanted to push code into the kernel? Politeness and hand-holding are not the same thing. You can be direct and reject patches while also being polite. > What would it look like if everyone's code were "good enough"? Nobody is suggesting this...