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Re:Linus Torvalds: “Somebody is pushing complete garbage for... by slii on Monday January 22, 2018 @06:38AM (#16203620)
As a fellow Finn, I agree that our country is probably much more blunt and direct than the impression I get how the US works. That's also the way I like it, and I think you have gone way too far in the US in this politeness thing.

However, Finland is culturally quite homogeneous, so I think the reason behind the bluntness is not what you suggest it may be.

For a Finn, I think Linus is on the blunt side, but he's not an extreme case. In fact, I'd argue he's not an extreme case even among non-Finns; it's just that most people only hear about his rants.

Also, I find that Linus is somewhat quick to judge things, and often his reactions are based on a misunderstanding of the facts.

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Re:Linus Torvalds: “Somebody is pushing complete garbage for... by mmrezaie on Monday January 22, 2018 @07:19AM (#16203815)
Well many years ago his rational (which I agree) was that you should not be vague on the mailing list or people will be confused and Linux Kernel is serious. For all those who do not like this attitude, I point you to the responses coming from Intel/AMD these days. In AMD's response to specture v2, I still cannot understand the text if they say their CPUs are exposed or not. If it wasn't because of the comments in here I would have guessed that they may not.
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Re:Linus Torvalds: “Somebody is pushing complete garbage for... by DoreenMichele on Monday January 22, 2018 @06:42AM (#16203643)
Thank you. Low context communication is associated with multicultural environments, but not exclusive to it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-context_and_low-context...

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Re:Linus Torvalds: “Somebody is pushing complete garbage for... by Gravityloss on Monday January 22, 2018 @07:56AM (#16203988)
There could be a family flavor too. His father doesn't exactly make things sound pretty either.
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