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by pbhjpbhj 371 days ago
I mean, he deserves to get upset if a professional preparing food serves raw chicken. I guess the programmer equivalent would be not sanitising input, or not even knowing what an injection attack is.
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The Linus rants Ive seen are pretty much the equivalent of a chef undercooking chicken.
Notably, Linus rants at his sous chefs, not at the guy washing dishes. "You are expected to know better" is the theme.

"I want to trust your judgement, so I can delegate decision making to you" has always been his poorly-delivered message.

True, the times I see him go fully mental, it’s pretty justified. Stuff like out off date food, uncooked food, vermin in the kitchen, unclean, etc.

This is the kind of stuff that can make people seriously ill and kills multiple people every year. This isn’t even lack of skill, it’s pure laziness.