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Re:You click a link to a news site, to read an article that ... by nefitty on Monday December 06, 2021 @02:49AM (#29457257)
Who in tech do you hold up as an ideal persona? I'm not defending what happened to you. It's surprising to me that even someone like Jimmy Wales, who pioneered the most impactful knowledge-sharing project in the world, is vilified by some people.
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Re:You click a link to a news site, to read an article that ... by sobkas on Monday December 06, 2021 @06:55AM (#29458634)
> Who in tech do you hold up as an ideal persona?

For me it is mjg59 and maybe Miguel de Icaza, also maybe Linus Torvalds

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Re:You click a link to a news site, to read an article that ... by genghisjahn on Monday December 06, 2021 @08:18AM (#29459345)
Kelsey Hightower
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Re:You click a link to a news site, to read an article that ... by zentiggr on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:18AM (#29461595)
No one. Every name I can think of has had some great ideas, and some truly cockeyed are-you-kidding-me-seriously" moments.

Even legendary names are just humans. TBL and his support for DRM. LT's notorious personality. Page & Schmidt and completely losing sight of the helpfulness they started from.

Worship / revere / appreciate no one. Filter their good, acknowledge their bad, find a path past them to something better, and know you'll probably be corrupted by something along the way unless you somehow transcend your own DNA.

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Re:You click a link to a news site, to read an article that ... by theturtletalks on Monday December 06, 2021 @09:09AM (#29459879)
Tim Berners-Lee
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