Torvalds, Linus (2012-06-06), Re: Regression - /proc/kmsg does not (always) block for 1-byte reads, retrieved: 2025-06-02

Of course, I'd also suggest that whoever was the genius who thought it was a good idea to read things ONE F*CKING BYTE AT A TIME with system calls for each byte should be retroactively aborted. Who the f*ck does idiotic things like that? How did they not die as babies, considering that they were likely too stupid to find a tit to suck on?

— Linus Torvalds

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Of course, I'd also suggest that whoever was the genius who thought it was a good idea to read things ONE F*CKING BYTE AT A TIME with system calls for each byte should be retroactively aborted. Who the f*ck does idiotic things like that? How did they not die as babies, considering that they were likely too stupid to find a tit to suck on?" in the context of "Torvalds, Linus (2012-06-06), Re: Regression - /proc/kmsg does not (always) block for 1-byte reads, retrieved: 2025-06-02" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Linus Torvalds

About Linus Torvalds

Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.