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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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[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 63 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Four things went for Musk:

  • he was rich
  • he had a passing resemblance to Robert Downey Jr.
  • he ~~made~~ was closely associated with futuristic hardware (we don't seem to value revolutionary software the same way as hardware)
  • he was rich

In all honesty, a lot of solo developers who are directly responsible for the internet as we know it should be getting far more credit than rich ass holes but here we are.

Edit: correct

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months ago

Don’t forget:

  • he was rich
[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Don’t forget:

  • his dad was rich
[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[-] Colloidal@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

Wait what‽

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Yep.

And that was my reaction when I discovered that too 🫩

[-] Colloidal@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Fuuuuck.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yep.

Also, I want to point out that it was actually worse and weirded than I had remembered: i don’t think they’re married, but they’ve had two kids together, and one of them was intentional.

Yep.

Wow.

Edit: hahahahahaha fucking hell they got married in the 90s too

[-] Skoll@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

A distinction without a difference

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