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Good to know... Although hitting enter twice or adding two spaces makes me feel like a boomer. Oh well

OK, weird, I had them in there, but I added a second newline per paragraph and it seems to look better now.

I might not have everything, but here's the best summary I can put together:

This back and forth has been going on for a while now. The main complaints more recently have been the timing of his pull requests, and just generally his attitude and cooperation with others. The most recent spat was because he submitted a feature in the rc3 merge window, whereas you're only supposed to submit Bugfixes in that time frame. The feature in question was a journal rewind function, which would essentially move the filesystem back in time, which could fix an issue that did crop up in the testing phase. As such, he saw it as a workaround to fix an issue that had arisen, and so despite it technically being a feature, he saw it in the category of Bugfixes. The caused major disagreements as well as the way he talked with others. And now his pull request for rc1 has been simply ignored by Linus.

The point where Kent is coming from is that he wants a rock solid file system, and he's following a bit of a take no prisoners approach to reach that goal. He seems to get most of his income from his following on Patreon, and so his focus is squarely on the users. With that focus, he seems to lose sight of other things, especially the cooperation with others in the kernel team. In fact, a number of people he has sparred with have shown decent respect for his code recently, saying the problem is really the cooperative aspect. One of the main reasons for bcachefs is also the lack of a proper CoW-filesystem in the Linux kernel that doesn't have the kinds of problems that btrfs has. And the fact that he states this and also talks about the lessons he's learnt from btrfs's shortcomings rubs a number of people the wrong way.

Now here's some stuff I read into this personally: I have the impression that Kent looks up to Linus in a way. And they're actually both kind of similar: they both are extremely talented engineers, they both saw something missing in the software landscape and said "fuck it, I'll make it myself", and they both can be pretty serious dicks. I mean Linus managed to get suspended from his own damn project for being a dick - now that's an achievement. He's older now and somewhat calmer, but even recently he had quite the outburst on the mailing list. And I get the impression I get is that Kent (probably subconsciously?) has an attitude of "if he can do it, so can I". Which would be fair (even though it is poisonous), the only problem being Linus having the longer lever.

Then there's the aspect of his mental health. He has said multiple times that his mental health has been suffering, which honestly doesn't surprise me. And if you look at his responses in different places, there seems to be quite an up and down. In some cases, he's very respectful to Linus, and in some cases he's pretty nasty (yes, Linus level nasty, but still). As far as I can tell, he needs a break and therapy. The only problem being, bcachefs has quite the momentum currently, and it wouldn't exactly be great for the project to lose that momentum, either. (Mind you, probably still better than being kicked from the kernel)

That's the next frustrating part - as soon as you mention something like that, many people assume that you're nice just hoping that it gets you laid or something. Of course, if you're doing something nice to someone just to get laid - of course that's manipulative. And that's the thing - manipulative assholes tend to be more successful in that regard! I insist on being nice despite it making things more difficult when it comes to dating. I don't use it to guilt trap people into doing anything with me they don't want to. The one time I was able to help someone out of an abusive situation (which, to be clear, I didn't do to somehow get together with her - I never had any interest in a relationship with her), that was actually one of the main things we worked on - ensuring that she listens more to herself and what she wants, and that she has every right to say no, no matter who it is. But it's frustrating to see when people do start using guilt tripping and end up getting way further than I do. My moral compass is more important. It doesn't change the fact that that being a disadvantage can be pretty frustrating. Think about it like this: imagine you have a job at a normal company - let's say in public works - and make an OK living. It's not great, you really have to budget, but you can afford rent and groceries. But then you see your neighbor making multiple times what you make - by manipulating and scamming people. You will never do the "work" he does, because it's morally reprehensible. That doesn't change the fact that when you look at the situation, you probably go: "that's not exactly fair".

Well yeah, no shit, Sherlock. Abuse causes mental health problems. How is this news?

No, no one is saying it's the same as rape itself. That's a strawman. And look at her post:

It was three years ago now when my daughter who was 19 at the time was arrested.

Let's just forget for a moment that it's pretty easy to figure out if something is AI-generated. AI wasn't creating photorealistic pornography three years ago. And she was arrested three years ago. Means, there was an investigation before that. And usually people don't get caught right at the beginning, so we can assume this whole thing started well over three years ago. Also, OP never even mentioned pedophilia, so that's just another strawman.

So if someone is raped and the whole thing is filmed, it's completely OK to just pass that footage around, so long as you didn't rape the person yourself? The victim of said rape has no say in that?

Definitely. And honestly, don't wait. I don't know where you live, but it can often take forever to get mental healthcare if it's not an "urgent case" (a fairly high bar to pass), so get started now. When I was in a very difficult situation I wish I had gotten help earlier (even though I can't really blame myself, but that's a whole other can of worms).

"Finally, are you sure she was never a victim of abuse?"

Yes, she wasn't particularly active in her younger years. I monitored everyone she spoke to online and she never had any boyfriends/girlfriends.

That honestly doesn't mean much. Abuse can come from many sources. In many cases, the abuse comes from a family member. It also doesn't have to be sexual abuse, it could also be physical or mental abuse. And the person not being particularly active doesn't change much. In fact, it could make it easier for the abuser to keep things under wraps.

That being said, an abusive past is not an excuse for what she did, but more of something that can help understand the situation from a therapeutic perspective and help preventative efforts.

die Trennung von Infrastruktur und Betrieb zur Sicherung fairer und diskriminierungsfreier Zugänge zum Netz,

🎶_Ich glaub es geht schon wieder los..._🎶 Sorry, aber ich kann diese Forderung nicht mehr hören. Bin selber bei der Bahn, und ja, es ist gerade alles echt beschissen, für alle. Wenn man es aber auf die Ursachen zurückführt, gibt es prinzipiell 3 Probleme:

• Es werden ständig Strukturen und Ziele umgeändert - meistens nicht um die Situation zu verbessern, sondern um die Willkür der Politik nachzukommen, und man kommt einfach nicht mehr hinterher
• wir haben massive Strukturen aufgebaut, damit uns ja nicht vorgeworfen wird, dass wir diskriminieren würden. Wie dürfen an viele Stellen nicht oder nur mit riesigen Umwegen miteinander reden und man wundert sich, dass die Produktivität im Eimer sind
• uns fehlt einfach eine zuverlässige Geldquelle. Die Bauindustrie kann nicht aufrüsten weil sie nicht weiß, ob sich das langfristig lohnt oder gleich im nächsten Moment irgendein Dussel aus der Politik meint, wir würden zu viel ausgeben und es muss alles gestrichen werden.

Also noch einfacher gesagt, die Politik grätscht schon jetzt viel zu viel dazwischen. Diese Petition fordert noch mehr davon.

No, it's not a success for the abused, that's for sure. For the abuser though, they often feed on their victim in a way. The abuser generally uses their victim to regulate their own emotions. So for the abuser, it's a success, even though everyone else loses.

That's what I was trying to get at with saying I'm not referring to manipulative jerks - the kind you find on r/niceguys. Because they aren't nice. Yeah, that's not how life works. And that's fucked up, which is my point, and goes to show that yes, nice guys often do finish last, even though that statement has been given a bad reputation by places like r/niceguys. Being nice, carrying and loving is an inherently good quality, that we want to see in people. So when it gives you a disadvantage while dating, giving the advantage to the abusive asshole, then you start wondering what the hell is wrong with the world (among many other things). I try to be my best self - regardless of the whole dating thing - because I find it important to be someone with a strong moral compass, who cares for people. We already have enough selfish assholes on this planet and I refuse to be one, even if that does negatively affect other parts of my life. But man, does it get frustrating. And how does that mean "I'm doing it wrong"? I've lived abuse. I know how horrific it is. Why would it not be being my best self to help other abuse victims get out of their abusive situations and help them improve their lives when I can?