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Well, hello waterfox and librewolf (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 months ago by yuriRO@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] Feyd@programming.dev 68 points 6 months ago

What? I am basically the opposite of a crypto bro. The term "FUD" has been around a long time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty,_and_doubt

[-] pixeltree 3 points 6 months ago

Lol I've literally only seen it used as an excuse to ban people calling out rug pulls

[-] BatmanAoD@programming.dev 47 points 6 months ago

Well now you've seen it elsewhere, too.

[-] pixeltree 4 points 6 months ago

Thanks

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 20 points 6 months ago

If you care, it's been around since the 1970's and was coined by Gene Amdahl after he left IBM. Certainly not just a crypto-bro thing.

[-] pixeltree 1 points 6 months ago

Neat, TIL

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 21 points 6 months ago

I've seen it all the time like a decade before crypto was a thing.

[-] pixeltree 1 points 6 months ago

[-] chaos@beehaw.org 10 points 6 months ago

I most associate it with Slashdot comments in the 2000's, complaining about Microsoft spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt about Linux and the GPL to scare companies into thinking that if they used Linux, they'd have to open source all their software, so yeah, definitely not just a cryptocurrency term.