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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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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don’t forget:

  • his dad was rich
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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Wait what‽

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yep.

    And that was my reaction when I discovered that too 🫩

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Fuuuuck.

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