Hans Reiser on ReiserFS deprecation in the Linux kernel

Re:Hans Reiser on ReiserFS deprecation in the Linux kernel by lilbaby on Thursday January 18, 2024 @08:27PM (#39050517)

This letter is too fucking heavy. I couldn't read it for long. Emotions overcame me. He's having a terrible time in prison. I feel sorry for him and angry at him at the same time, for the insane fucking stupid thing he did.

I followed the trial coverage at the time, on Wired. It was a fucking nail biter and by the end it was clear he'd done it and I was just like, fuck, Hans, why did you do it??

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Re:Hans Reiser on ReiserFS deprecation in the Linux kernel by xtracto on Thursday January 18, 2024 @09:42PM (#39050995)

I followed it too. It's a crazy feeling: one of my favorite teachers from University (A PhD in AI at the time backbin 2001) is nowadays in prison for murder .

Apparently he is gay and slept with a student, got drunk and passion got the worst of him. This happened years after I have finished school, but finding about it was shocking.

It shows that invariably everyone has a human side that may make us do stupid things out of passion.

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