I think he is correct. If you censor yourself in order to act 'nice' and 'polite' then you won't be able to put across the points you could've before. Anyway:

I think he is correct. If you censor yourself in order to act 'nice' and 'polite' then you won't be able to put across the points you could've before. Anyway: just because you act nice and act like you like somebody, doesn't mean you do. I would much rather a person called me out on my bullshit than them politely skirting around the issue in an attempt to make me feel better and protect my feelings. I personally have no experience writing kernel code, but I can imagine it's incredibly important that you get things right. So then if getting cursed at means you won't fuck up as often and learn from your mistake, then it works.