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Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds have apparently never met in person before, despite their pseudo-rivalry.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I hate to sound preachy, but this is a good example of “rivals” peacefully meeting.

So many people I meet IRL seem conditioned to think this person they hate on the internet would be someone they’d shout at like they’re an axe murderer, in the middle of a murder. It’s the example they see. Death threats are, like, normal on Facebook or TV News or whatever they’re into, apparently.

Again at risk of reaching... this feels like positive masculinity to me.

And leaders acting like adults.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Except Gates is a piece of shit. You don't need to shout at Gates, but nobody should ever meet him and treat him like a human.