Interesting but I worry documenting things like this will just cause further politicisation and vitrol. See also: renaming "master" branch to "main", etc.
Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time
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Re: Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time
#22Reminds me of:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/vbvxiv/10_years_ago_...
(warning, contains footage of frustrated programmer making offensive gesture)
Re: Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time
#23Re: Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Meta is not just a company name. Look at how it's used: https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Atorvalds%2Flinux%20meta&t...
I wonder if there's anything not referring to IBM that matches that search. Add them and you'll see that they soar over all others.
All the mentions of "IBM PC"? "HP" seems to follow closely behind too (Dell is nowhere close though but comparable to "redhat").
Add "arm" in and it's a different ballgame: they are more than 2x anybody else, Meta and IBM included.
Mostly goes to say that this doesn't really show much :)
Re: Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Are you implying that the ban has something to do with blandness and conformity?
edmin is a newly created account with one comment.
Their comment is typical of a Russian troll starting a new account. ('Poor Russian victims' etc.).
You can waste time ridiculing them, though I just ignore.
Re: Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time
#26Theory: the shift towards lesser swearwords is a sign of corporatization, making the linux source a soulless bland hellscape of confirmity.
They went up, actually. "crap" skyrocketed in the last years, and the rest were more or less stable.
Re: Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time
#27Retard may not be in there as a swear word. It could be a comment regarding a "delay". [1] [1] :to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
It's baffling anybody would think otherwise. Reddit auto-censorship (and such auto censorship elsewhere) has a lot to answer for.
Re: Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time
#28Retard may not be in there as a swear word. It could be a comment regarding a "delay". [1] [1] :to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
In Germany we have "Retard-Tabletten" (Tabletten = pills), which are not intended to stop (or accelerate) cognitive decline, but release the active ingredients with a delay.
Re: Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time
#29I am particularly interested in the rapid and steady growth of "garbage", among rubbish, trash and junk. What does this indicate? An evolution of English?
Re: Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time
#30Theory: the shift towards lesser swearwords is a sign of corporatization, making the linux source a soulless bland hellscape of confirmity.
Strange to make such a point based on what you expect to happen when clicking on the link would immediately show the opposite to be the case. But I guess you didn’t need to do that bc you already “knew” the swear words would fall?