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Re:John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment ... by bumby on Thursday July 09, 2026 @07:48AM (#48844360)
Perhaps disagreeableness is a necessary trait for these kinds of results. Unfortunately, that can is also an innate personality trait rather than something easily turned on/off.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits

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Re:John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment ... by inigyou on Thursday July 09, 2026 @07:50AM (#48844385)
Same thing with people like Evgeny Poberezkin who made SimpleX, and Elon doing Starlink. Some amount of irrationality seems required.
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Re:John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment ... by bumby on Thursday July 09, 2026 @07:53AM (#48844422)
Irrationality isn’t one of those big five personality traits though, unless you say it overlaps with neuroticism
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