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Leander
Linus Torvalds calls a spade a spade
Dec 5 at 6:33amWeb
Show threadJustin MDec 7

@Leander

Lol. He's right on the money

Show threadKnut 🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇴🧸Dec 7
@Leander Years, and years, and years ago, I got to meet Linus at a conference, and he was not what I was expecting. I went up to him, nervous as fuck, and he just looked at me and said "are you needing the restroom?" That was it. I couldn't look him in the eye. Like he has zero filter.
Show threadXenotime | Science VTuberDec 7
@Leander I don't normally watch much ltt anymore but Real Linus was so fun to hear from to in that
Show threadHeddersDec 7
@Leander You can take the Finn out of Finland ...
Show threadKoen 🇺🇦Dec 7
@Leander Elon is a dumb pedophile fascist
Show threadnLupo  Dec 7
@Leander And he is right.
Show threadA CatalystDec 7
@Leander Ooooooooooh burn....
Show threadFrost, wolf of winter 🐺🎄Dec 7

@Leander Maybe I should make a cut of that clip that isn't cropped to vertical with those horrendous one-word subtitles.

Fucking Tiktok.

Show threadWTLDec 7
@Leander The entire video is amusing, but this clip nails it.
Show threadEQDec 7
@WTL Where do I find the rest of the movie?
Show threadJe ne suis pas gothDec 7
@eq @WTL on youtube, if you look for "Linus and Linus"
Show threadWTLDec 7
@eq Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0V1SxbNA
Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds

YouTube
Show threadEQDec 7
@WTL Thanks, very fun :)
Show threadWTLDec 7
@eq Happy to help!
Show threadohmrunDec 7
@Leander
love to see it.
Show thread(roll m3tti)Dec 7
@Leander reminds me of that and i like it
Show threadGiles GoatDec 7
@Leander If it's not been said already I DARE ( with obvious 'yes but' in different cases ) to say that "the best coder is the one that does the most with the least and simplest lines of code" .. it's a case of "less is more" ..
Show threadbuheratorDec 7
@Leander This sparks joy.
Show threadziviDec 7

@Leander does dantiksuptok not allow you to supply proper alt text to show to ppl on other softwares

wow

Show threadschuelermineDec 7
@zaire @Leander I feel like Alt text isn’t really applicable to areas where actual video with development in it is the norm, the equivalent would be something like an audio description track and subtitles. And that’s much harder to do. You can of course write a description of what happens, but to me that doesn’t feel like Alt text either…
Show threadschuelermineDec 7
@zaire @Leander (this is an argument about the name, not the thing)
Show thread[Yaseenist] CauseOfBSODDec 7
@zaire @Leander average dansup software
Show threadIchinin   ✅🎯🙄Dec 7
@Leander The muskrats programming skills were already old in the 1990s.
Show threadrabbit_fighter (Brad Wright)Dec 7

@Leander Reminds me of this story about Bill Atkinson reporting that he wrote -2000 lines of code:

https://www.folklore.org/Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.html

Folklore.org: -2000 Lines Of Code

Show threadMrs Mouse at workDec 7
@Leander that metic went out of style before I even joined IBM, but I remember tales of KLOC measurements.
Show threadeLearningTechieDec 7

@Leander I rarely watch LTT but that episode was full of gold.

For those who haven't seen it, it's here - https://youtu.be/mfv0V1SxbNA

Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds

YouTube
Show threadNosirrahSec 🏴‍☠️ guillotine enthusiastDec 7
@Leander this is, my new favorite thing.
Show threadRichardInSandyDec 7
@Leander I was once asked in an interview how may LOC I had written. I thought it was a ridiculous question, and am glad to see I am not the only one.
Show threadvieuxnezDec 7

@Leander

Just for a second I had a nice fantasy where Linus was convinced to do something like DOGE.

Show threadPēteris KrišjānisDec 8
@Leander Linus has quite a look at old age, nice one
Show threadDavid Fleetwood - RG AdminDec 8
@Leander Um, that's Linus from Linus Tech Tips, not Linux Torvalds, the creator of Linux.
Show threadColinDec 9
@Leander Goodhart's Law is alive and well.
Show threadEv DelenDec 18

@Leander
The fact Linus Sebastian gave as much deference to Musk is itself a statement.

Anyone who is steeped in the tech community should be aware of how bad a coder Musk was/is. Famously all his code at Pay Pal had to be re-done because it was so inefficient and problematic.

Then there is the "move fast and break things" (strictly speaking, it was Zuckerberg who said that) approach to both software and hardware development which is reckless and deliberately & unethically externalizes costs.

Show threadDan WDec 19

@Leander
The people who value KLOCs and code bloat are hardware manufacturers and electricity providers.

That is why “Big Iron” IBM incentivised KLOCs and why the new hegemony of cross investment between Fossil Fuel and Generative BS is pushing higher and higher line counts.

The less efficient the algorithms are, the slower the computers are and the more inclined users are to upgrade.
Also, the more power is consumed.

Show threadLarge Format ProjectionistDec 28

@Leander

No one ever "accidentally dunks" on that fucker.

It's instead called "stating a tautology" and while not argumentatively useful, it's easy to do and not at all a risk to the speaker since their statement is always true.

Show threadunattributed 𓂃✍︎Jan 15
@Leander I love the "Apparently I was right on." part...laughed when I watched the original, and it still makes me laugh every time I hear it....
Show threadStolenMeemzFeb 18
Most liked vid on Loops?