• Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, does not believe in cryptocurrencies, calling them a vehicle for scams and a Ponzi scheme.
  • Torvalds was once rumored to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, but he clarified it was a joke and denied owning a Bitcoin fortune.
  • Torvalds also dismissed the idea of technological singularity as a bedtime story for children, saying continuous exponential growth does not make sense.
  • dohpaz42@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I lack the creativity, but someone please come up with a recursive acronym for Stallman.

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      5 months ago

      All you need to do is make the S stand for “Stallman”, and you’ll get a stack overflow before ever reaching the other letters (so you don’t need to think of a value for them).

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      5 months ago

      Asked ChatGPT

      Stallman Tenaciously Advocates Liberation, Leading Movements Against Non-freedom