On the other hand, adults do not act as if the world revolved around their precious-oh-so-precious feelings, or as fragile little pieces of junk that break apart unless handled very, veeeery carefully.
If my boss ever spoke to me like that about a mistake, I would straight up quit. Either be respectful or get fucked, that goes doubly so for a non-profit relying on the good will of contributors.
I think Linux has grown beyond the good will from contributors. I got the sense most folks do this as part of their job.
So it’s not your boss. It’s someone who you have to make happy to do your job. And your boss can’t help. Quitting won’t help. Not if you want to work on the kernel.
Please leave and give me the job instead. It’s the fucking Linux kernel we’re talking about; mistakes can mean many, MANY bad things happening to production environments
This comment is giving me a lot of ‘rightwinger calling others snowflakes’-vibes.
I’ll copy and paste what I just told another poster, assuming the same shit: I’m not a right winger, nor acting as one. Stop making shit up / assuming shit about other users as a diversion tactic, and stick to the discussion.
Also, don’t be disingenuous. I’m not calling anyone a snowflake here; as I’ve already highlighted across this thread that this shit is rooted in human nature. You do this, I do this, everyone does this, it is not a “snowflake thing”, even if problematic. Is this clear???
Did you know that yelling is not a particularly effective technique pedagogically?
Emphasis mine. If you’re treating adults as if they were kids, as shown by the reference to pedagogy, then you’re being far more offensive than Torvalds.
Also, Torvalds is a kernel developer. He is not a teacher. It is not his job to stop kernel development to teach PR submitter #91294556 “oh my little poor thing! We seem to be really confused with this function, aren’t we? Yes, we are! Here, let Mr. Linus help us, clueless thing. Aren’t we happy today? If you understood it, then say «YAY! THANK YOU MR. LINUS!»”.
Side note: it just clicked me that you guys are being culturally insensitive and imperialistic, given that a lot of Torvalds’ no-bullshit behaviour is likely cultural in nature.
I’ll concede that I don’t know what political affiliations you have, but you are definitely acting like many of them do.
If you’re treating adults as if they were kids
Pedagogy does not refer to teaching children, it refers to teaching in general. Teaching others when working with software is expected, and it is expected to do so in an effective manner.
Also, Torvalds is a kernel developer. He is not a teacher.
The fact that you think that developers are not expected to teach is telling that you either don’t work as one, or have only worked in ineffective organizations.
Side note: it just clicked me that you guys are being culturally insensitive and imperialistic, given that a lot of Torvalds’ no-bullshit behaviour is likely partially cultural in nature.
Now you’re just grasping at straws, and this continues the trend of acting like a right-winger which I mentioned before.
For what it’s worth, I’ve worked with plenty of Finnish developers - none of them consider yelling at their peers to be an important part of their culture.
I’ll concede that I don’t know what political affiliations you have, but you are definitely acting like many of them do.
If I tell you my political affiliation, will you stop with this bloody stupid attempt of argumentum ad hominem?
I’m mostly Trotskyist, but influenced by Bakunin style anarchism and a few things of the Fabian Society. I don’t usually discuss politics through this account but you can see signs that I’m Marxist here, and signs that I’m socially progressive here.
The issue being discussed is completely orthogonal to politics.
Pedagogy does not refer to teaching children, it refers to teaching in general.
Finally some actual argument. I hereby retract the point concerning infantilisation, then.
The point about screaming (“think on the feelings!”) still applies however. He’s dealing with adults, not children. You’re expected to
Be responsible enough to not be a burden in any collective task that you might join.
Correct your mistakes. (More later on this.)
Not lose your marbles because someone highlighted that the output of your work is less than desirable.
(You’re also expected to not be assumptive as a brick, but… eh.)
Teaching others when working with software is expected, and it is expected to do so in an effective manner.
You know what’s expected when working with software? Working with software. Stopping the development to spoonfeed others is at most secondary.
“This is wrong cuz I said so, chrust me” is not an argument.
and this continues the trend of acting like a right-winger which I mentioned before.
Refer to what I said at the start.
For what it’s worth, I’ve worked with plenty of Finnish developers
Anecdotal evidence, “chrust me” style. Plus outright distorting what I said, thus straw man. *rolls eyes*
At this rate it’s somewhat clear that you are really eager to be at least disingenuous, if not worse (irrational). Since there’s another poster trying to back up similar reasoning as yours, minus the blatant idiocy, I’ll simply disregard your further “contributions”.
“Thank you for your contribution! Sadly, it was rejected. But don’t feel discouraged, try it again!” Your comment is garbage and you are not contributing jack shit with this discussion.
Yes, adults act this way.
On the other hand, adults do not act as if the world revolved around their precious-oh-so-precious feelings, or as fragile little pieces of junk that break apart unless handled very, veeeery carefully.
If my boss ever spoke to me like that about a mistake, I would straight up quit. Either be respectful or get fucked, that goes doubly so for a non-profit relying on the good will of contributors.
I think Linux has grown beyond the good will from contributors. I got the sense most folks do this as part of their job.
So it’s not your boss. It’s someone who you have to make happy to do your job. And your boss can’t help. Quitting won’t help. Not if you want to work on the kernel.
In that case, the high stakes world of kernel management is probably not for you.
Please leave and give me the job instead. It’s the fucking Linux kernel we’re talking about; mistakes can mean many, MANY bad things happening to production environments
Your boss would probably do worse, and fire you instead. Now it isn’t just your fee fees being violated, it’s your living wage disappearing.
As such, this comparison isn’t really useful.
Only a shit boss would fire someone for making mistakes instead of correcting them.
Also drop the whole pretentious right whinger act, you’re not a tough guy online.
Most bosses are shitty.
I’m not a right winger, nor acting as one. Stop making shit up / assuming shit about other users as a diversion tactic, and stick to the discussion.
This comment is giving me a lot of ‘rightwinger calling others snowflakes’-vibes.
Did you know that yelling is not a particularly effective technique pedagogically?
I’ll copy and paste what I just told another poster, assuming the same shit: I’m not a right winger, nor acting as one. Stop making shit up / assuming shit about other users as a diversion tactic, and stick to the discussion.
Also, don’t be disingenuous. I’m not calling anyone a snowflake here; as I’ve already highlighted across this thread that this shit is rooted in human nature. You do this, I do this, everyone does this, it is not a “snowflake thing”, even if problematic. Is this clear???
Emphasis mine. If you’re treating adults as if they were kids, as shown by the reference to pedagogy, then you’re being far more offensive than Torvalds.
Also, Torvalds is a kernel developer. He is not a teacher. It is not his job to stop kernel development to teach PR submitter #91294556 “oh my little poor thing! We seem to be really confused with this function, aren’t we? Yes, we are! Here, let Mr. Linus help us, clueless thing. Aren’t we happy today? If you understood it, then say «YAY! THANK YOU MR. LINUS!»”.
Side note: it just clicked me that you guys are being culturally insensitive and imperialistic, given that a lot of Torvalds’ no-bullshit behaviour is likely cultural in nature.
I’ll concede that I don’t know what political affiliations you have, but you are definitely acting like many of them do.
Pedagogy does not refer to teaching children, it refers to teaching in general. Teaching others when working with software is expected, and it is expected to do so in an effective manner.
The fact that you think that developers are not expected to teach is telling that you either don’t work as one, or have only worked in ineffective organizations.
Now you’re just grasping at straws, and this continues the trend of acting like a right-winger which I mentioned before.
For what it’s worth, I’ve worked with plenty of Finnish developers - none of them consider yelling at their peers to be an important part of their culture.
If I tell you my political affiliation, will you stop with this bloody stupid attempt of argumentum ad hominem?
I’m mostly Trotskyist, but influenced by Bakunin style anarchism and a few things of the Fabian Society. I don’t usually discuss politics through this account but you can see signs that I’m Marxist here, and signs that I’m socially progressive here.
The issue being discussed is completely orthogonal to politics.
Finally some actual argument. I hereby retract the point concerning infantilisation, then.
The point about screaming (“think on the feelings!”) still applies however. He’s dealing with adults, not children. You’re expected to
(You’re also expected to not be assumptive as a brick, but… eh.)
You know what’s expected when working with software? Working with software. Stopping the development to spoonfeed others is at most secondary.
And even then, Torvalds went out of his way to instruct the muppet in question on what he did wrong. (You probably didn’t bother checking the context of the utterance, right? Go figure.) And that “AGAIN” shows that he did it multiple times, and the other guy was not correcting his mistake.
“This is wrong cuz I said so, chrust me” is not an argument.
Refer to what I said at the start.
Anecdotal evidence, “chrust me” style. Plus outright distorting what I said, thus straw man. *rolls eyes*
At this rate it’s somewhat clear that you are really eager to be at least disingenuous, if not worse (irrational). Since there’s another poster trying to back up similar reasoning as yours, minus the blatant idiocy, I’ll simply disregard your further “contributions”.
“Thank you for your contribution! Sadly, it was rejected. But don’t feel discouraged, try it again!”Your comment is garbage and you are not contributing jack shit with this discussion.