Linus Torvalds is in a race against time to save his legacy
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This was quite a jarring leap in the article.
On the global scale that development of the Linux kernel takes place, this statement feels very neo-colonial. Does the author really believe that people in the rest of the world live lives devoid of free time and internet access?
Being generous, I have to imagine this is a careless application of US racial theory to matters of international significance, but it appears the author is unwilling to be that generous herself.
- Free time. Sure, you need free time to do anything. But the async-workflow of kernel dev is actually fairly forgiving.
- A computer. Yes, if you are patient even a fairly slow computer will do. Not a huge barrier for someone who wants to work on something that is only useful if you have a computer to run it on.
- A reliable internet connection. You don't even need reliable. Cloning the first time will take a while (a shallow-clone won't be too bad), but the async email workflow is very forgiving of poor connections.
Overall I struggle to see how the kernel development workflow could be made more accessible. The only possible improvement would be making it easier to hack on a small part of the kernel without downloading and compiling the whole thing.
Linus's legacy is secure as one of the greatest heroes in world history.
Now he's trying to get along better with more people. Good for him.
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They probably use specialized tools to scan text for keywords that have high paying ad payouts.
Fucking interesting shit honestly.
You've got: 1. ad keyword auction data 2. product pricing and product margins 3. internal business goals 4. external business relationships and deals
Gross and cool, think quant monster geeks. I'm sure some people love working on this, I wish them the best. It's nice to feel good in what you do and your life.