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Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates Meet for the First Time Ever (www.theverge.com)
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Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds have apparently never met in person before, despite their pseudo-rivalry.

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[โ€“] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

But if the guy who created the FOSS movement says something gross, then they and everything they stand for should apparently be shunned.

They might mean that, but they didn't say it. I don't think they did mean it. I think they just don't want people to forget the "problematic" aspects of someone before we go all worship mode on him.

It's like how my partner will interject--he's canadian!--if I mention some actor. Like she just doesn't want me to forget that context, but other than that, I can carry on.

Maybe they did mean that, though and I'm missing some context from somewhere else in this thread.

[โ€“] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

I don't care if it's a verbal tick, if someone shows to my party with a flamethrower, I will assume they are here to burn witches. It does not matter to me if they really are witches or not, you show up with a flamethrower, I will do to you what is the traditionally reserved fate to those carrying flamethrowers on the battlefield. And I will even not be "asking questions later" about it.