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Re:Linus Torvalds: Successful projects are 99% perspiration ... by xvcnmdfs on Thursday February 16, 2017 @08:29AM (#13659709)
Linus is right that it's about the work you put in, but he's wrong if he thinks Tesla didn't work hard to develop his visualization abilities

There's a myth that some people are born with amazing powers (Tesla, Einstein) but what people don't see is the hours they put in from a young age

Therefore, both Tesla and Edison worked hard, except Edison bragged about it

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Re:Linus Torvalds: Successful projects are 99% perspiration ... by NikolaeVarius on Thursday February 16, 2017 @08:53AM (#13659835)
Of course he bragged about it. He actually wanted people to use his technology to fund other ventures. Whats the point of creating things if no one actually knows about it?
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Re:Linus Torvalds: Successful projects are 99% perspiration ... by aaron-lebo on Thursday February 16, 2017 @09:15AM (#13659971)
Is it so hard to believe that some people just like to create for the sake of it?
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Re:Linus Torvalds: Successful projects are 99% perspiration ... by jasonlotito on Thursday February 16, 2017 @09:40AM (#13660147)
No, but who changes things.

Those who create? Or those who share their creations?

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Re:Linus Torvalds: Successful projects are 99% perspiration ... by xvcnmdfs on Thursday February 16, 2017 @09:54AM (#13660267)
You could say that if an invention is any good it speaks for itself, in which case you've saved yourself the effort of bragging and people still get to know about it
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Re:Linus Torvalds: Successful projects are 99% perspiration ... by aytekin on Thursday February 16, 2017 @10:12AM (#13660436)
Good inventions usually look bad from outset. Otherwise someone else would have come up with them much earlier. So, you still need to sell your inventions and get people to see the potential.
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Re:Linus Torvalds: Successful projects are 99% perspiration ... by erikpukinskis on Thursday February 16, 2017 @12:51PM (#13661978)
A good invention might speak for itself if you give it 20 years and wait. But you can't run a business if your marketing strategy involves "wait 20 years".
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Re:Linus Torvalds: Successful projects are 99% perspiration ... by coupdejarnac on Thursday February 16, 2017 @04:01PM (#13663528)
This has to be one of the biggest fallacies in tech.
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Re:Linus Torvalds: Successful projects are 99% perspiration ... by mtdewcmu on Thursday February 16, 2017 @12:46PM (#13661934)
I'm pretty sure that the "work" Linus is referring to is work on the project, not work educating yourself and building up your abilities ahead of time.
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