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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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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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Don’t forget:

  • his dad was rich
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gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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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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Colloidal@programming.dev
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Wait what‽

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gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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Yep.

And that was my reaction when I discovered that too 🫩

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Skoll@lemmy.world
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A distinction without a difference

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