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Linus Torvalds built Git in 10 days - and never imagined it would last 20 years (www.zdnet.com)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Don’t forget:

he was rich

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Don’t forget:

his dad was rich

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I mean, let’s be thorough. He’s

the rich scion
of a family that made their fortune owning and exploiting emerald mines
in South Africa
during apartheid

Kinda tells you all you need to know about him and his family.

Also his dad fucked and ~~married~~ (edit: correction (side note: fuck me, somehow it was WAY weirder than I had remembered):) fathered not one, but TWO children with his own stepdaughter. No, I’m not kidding.

Edit 2: nope, they married in the 90s too! You can’t make this shit up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Wait what‽

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yep.

And that was my reaction when I discovered that too 🫩

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Fuuuuck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Yep.

Also, I want to point out that it was actually worse and weirded than I had remembered: i don’t think they’re married, but they’ve had two kids together, and one of them was intentional.

Yep.

Wow.

Edit: hahahahahaha fucking hell they got married in the 90s too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

A distinction without a difference