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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git#Nam...

This was Linus' self-effacing way of admitting he was aware of the reputation he had built:

``Torvalds quipped about the name git (which is British English slang for an unpleasant or silly person): "I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'git'."''

aaand he's gone. Off to spend more time with his family.

Every interview I heard with him lacked any specificity about how he was going to grow the audience.

Guessing Liberty decided his time was up

@matoxley.bsky.social What is this scandal? Inquiring minds want to know!

RIP Artful Bodger. Off to beautify some other place

Coffee is for closers

It should straight up be illegal to use hacked data for anything. It's wild that any company or government entity in the US can even think about doing this.

Also, we need criminal liability for failure to secure PII. Don't collect it if you can't secure it

Cool! I did some PL/I programming on IBM mainframes ages ago. Never used punchcards, but it was funny how the JCL output device was still SYSPUNCH

Lock her up!

You mean dong?

Holy shit the car chase scene is even seemingly longer and crazier than the one in Ronin

And their engine guy told Mat Oxley that you don't need an exhaust valve to manage engine braking if your engine is designed properly. Tell that to Ducati

Was it insulated at all? Loon put batteries in a block of foam with carveouts just large enough for the packs to fit inside.

This is how automatic transmissions worked before computers started running them

He's right insofar as the Wikipedia article perfectly apes the "neutral" both-sides posture of the NYT

Time for a remake. Main character renamed to Orange

Holy crap just realized DJT is Pink

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Some stagger and fall
After all, it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall