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I found it somewhat interesting to learn that on a modern architecture you can isolate the cpu from its peripherals to the extent that debugging is impossible.

There are some aspects that might be worth voting this article up. Like the one you noted, or the mere fact that even a genius like Linus gets frustrated about debugging.

Still, I can't help suspecting that many voters wouldn't care if some John Doe had written this story.

True. But the name Linus Torvalds helps the article pass through our "crap-filter". We invest more effort in looking for value because we have a reasonable assurance that value is there.

sounds.. bayesian.

Personally I found it refreshing. Most of the front page is VC, food, money & politics.

for me it was nice to see that even the world's most famous hackers deal with the same aggravating nonsense i do.

I think some of us are simply scanning through the new section, tagging things we'd like to read at a later time. :)

www.instapaper.com

Reassurance that even Linus is human.