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[–] dime@beehaw.org 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Torvalds has a great character and is humble, though because of his “straightforward” personality he has a reputation of being hotheaded and arrogant. For example: Torvalds: I want to be nice, and curse less, but it's just not in me

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Right, this happens with me all the time (though I suppose I don't require the use of swear words, but I do use them quite a bit, just not when speaking professionally). People take my matter-of-fact personality as being arrogant. I'm really not, or I actually try not to be, but I can understand how things can come across when not mincing words. I suspect Torvalds doesn't like making useless small talk, either, which is a trait of this kind of personality. I can wholly relate to that and how people might perceive him. But I do not feel, as the person I replied to had written, Torvalds "lets you know" that he's "the smartest person in the room" in any instance I've ever seen him speak.

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I get involved later on and say: ‘Christ this is horribly ugly code, how could you ever accept this?’

That's a direct example of him acting like the smartest man in the room, and letting you know, straight from the link that was provided. He's most likely right, but there are ways of stating that diplomatically. That's not matter-of-fact, that's just being arrogant. If you can't see that, and you also find that people consider you arrogant, maybe you should consider talking to a professional about that.

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nice ad hominem attack. You must be fun to be around.

sigh

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My case in point. That wasn't an ad hominem, that was genuine advice. You admitted yourself that people find you arrogant. If this is affecting your life, you should consider talking to someone about it. Especially since you just accused me of something, and then immediately did the exact thing you accused me of doing. This isn't a competition, this is genuine advice. Please consider it.

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes it was. Trying to sugar coat it doesn’t change that fact. We’re done here.

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not everything is an attack. You can interpret things however you want, but you're the only one that has to deal with the consequences. I wish you good luck...