Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015 (2015)

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gentooflux ◴[06 Dec 25 23:37 UTC] No.46177636[source]▶

RMS could have taken a photo of his screen, or done something cheeky like dump his screen to a padded ASCII text file and submitted that. Stick in the mud.

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zvmaz ◴[07 Dec 25 01:50 UTC] No.46178480[source]▶

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"I don't know how to make a screenshot"

Linus Torvalds often says that he does not know how to do X (like install a Linux distribution, or other simple stuff). I wager that it's a status thing.

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1. ekjhgkejhgk ◴[07 Dec 25 09:43 UTC] No.46180460[source]▶

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> I wager that it's a status thing.

Yes, it's a form of signaling. It's like a milloinaire showing "I have so much money that I can dump 10k on a Rolex and not even think about it", or a billionaire showing "I have so much money I don't even need to dump 10k on a Rolex to show how much money I have". These guy's version is "I'm so technically accomplished, that I can tell you I don't know X basic thing and you'll interpret it as a sign of my genius".

That's ok. In our society we attribute too much importance on money, I don't mind if the likes of Stallman and Linus get a bit more fanhood from the wider society than they currently do.

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