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by yellowapple 1444 days ago
> I still remember when all we cared about were the technical contributions that people made.

Well yeah, but then Hans Reiser killed his wife and ruined it for everyone.

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That actually is a good example of what has changed because AFAIK there was no "cancel Reiser" movement or anything of that sort when it happened, just a lot of surprise and some long-running jokes ("MurderFS", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_fil... ).