reverendsteveii

reverendsteveii , vor 2 Monaten

How do you think it came to be that most Americans believe that in China you can have your home seized for being impolite?

reverendsteveii , vor 2 Monaten

your conclusion doesn't follow from your premise. the ability to live indoors is going to be important to people even if they think the system by which we decide who is allowed to live indoors is kinda shit.

reverendsteveii , vor 3 Monaten

because you use the root account on linux occasionally to do one thing but when you've got a rooted phone everything is done with the root account

reverendsteveii , vor 6 Monaten

you seem to have created a false dichotomy where it's impossible to fix bad code without being abusive. would you like me to call you "dumb motherfucker" or is this explanation enough?

reverendsteveii , vor 6 Monaten

I didn't miss the sin. The sin isn't relevant to me. You don't treat people like that. Whatever you hope to accomplish, you can accomplish without treating people like that. If someone else is being abusive, that's not license for you to be abusive in response. If a cop was abusing their power would you expect the chief of police to publicly berate and insult him, or would you expect the standards to be enforced without resorting to that?

When you abuse someone for being abusive you don't make it clear that abuse is unacceptable. In fact, you do the opposite. You establish that abuse is a part of your culture. If I was considering contributing to the kernel and saw this exchange, I'd walk away. I don't need that shit, not from Mauro, not from Linus, not from the Lord hisownself. It damages the organization long-term.