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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of doing Linux was that I had to communicate a lot more instead of just being a geek in front of a computer.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every once in a while an issue comes up where I have to make a statement. I can't totally avoid all political issues, but I try my best to minimize them. When I do make a statement, I try to be fairly neutral.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lose sleep if I end up feeling bad about something I've said. Usually that happens when I send something out without having read it over a few times, or when I call somebody names.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
By staying neutral, I end up being somebody that everybody can trust. Even if they don't always agree with my decisions, they know I'm not working against them.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
The economics of the security world are all horribly, horribly nasty and are largely based on fear, intimidation and blackmail.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very few people want to do the testing.
- Boring
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a personality trait: from the very beginning, I knew what I was concentrating on. I'm only doing the kernel - I always found everything around it to be completely boring.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fame and reputation part came later, and never was much of a motivator, although it did enable me to work without feeling guilty about neglecting my studies.
- Just Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get the biggest enjoyment from the random and unexpected places. Linux on cellphones or refrigerators, just because it's so not what I envisioned it. Or on supercomputers.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020