Linus Torvalds ROASTS anti-vaxx devs!

[Katarok]

 

Summary

Basically an anti-vaxx Linux kernel maintainer decided that it would be an excellent idea to talk about his anti-vaxx conspiracy theories on planning for the Linux Kernel Summit 2021. And got roasted by Linus.

 

Quotes
The "Anti-Vaxx" devs email :

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And I know *a lot* of people who will never take part in this generic
human experiment that basically creates a new humanoid race (people
who generate and exhaust the toxic spike proteine, whose gene sequence
doesn't look quote natural). I'm one of them, as my whole family.

Linus' response :

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Please keep your insane and technically incorrect anti-vax comments to yourself.

You don't know what you are talking about, you don't know what mRNA
is, and you're spreading idiotic lies. Maybe you do so unwittingly,
because of bad education. Maybe you do so because you've talked to
"experts" or watched youtube videos by charlatans that don't know what
they are talking about.

But dammit, regardless of where you have gotten your mis-information
from, any Linux kernel discussion list isn't going to have your
idiotic drivel pass uncontested from me.

Vaccines have saved the lives of literally tens of millions of people.

Just for your edification in case you are actually willing to be
educated: mRNA doesn't change your genetic sequence in any way. It is
the exact same intermediate - and temporary - kind of material that
your cells generate internally all the time as part of your normal
cell processes, and all that the mRNA vaccines do is to add a dose
their own specialized sequence that then makes your normal cell
machinery generate that spike protein so that your body learns how to
recognize it.

The half-life of mRNA is a few hours. Any injected mRNA will be all
gone from your body in a day or two. It doesn't change anything
long-term, except for that natural "your body now knows how to
recognize and fight off a new foreign protein" (which then tends to
fade over time too, but lasts a lot longer than a few days). And yes,
while your body learns to fight off that foreign material, you may
feel like shit for a while. That's normal, and it's your natural
response to your cells spending resources on learning how to deal with
the new threat.

And of the vaccines, the mRNA ones are the most modern, and the most
targeted - exactly because they do *not* need to have any of the other
genetic material that you traditionally have in a vaccine (ie no need
for basically the whole - if weakened - bacterial or virus genetic
material). So the mRNA vaccines actually have *less* of that foreign
material in them than traditional vaccines do. And  a *lot* less than
the very real and actual COVID-19 virus that is spreading in your
neighborhood.

Honestly, anybody who has told you differently, and who has told you
that it changes your genetic material, is simply uneducated.  You need
to stop believing the anti-vax lies, and you need to start protecting
your family and the people around you.  Get vaccinated.

I think you are in Germany, and COVID-19 numbers are going down. It's
spreading a lot less these days, largely because people around you
have started getting the vaccine - about half having gotten their
first dose around you, and about a quarter being fully vaccinated. If
you and your family are more protected these days, it's because of all
those other people who made the right choice, but it's worth noting
that as you see the disease numbers go down in your neighborhood,
those diminishing numbers are going to predominantly be about people
like you and your family.

So don't feel all warm and fuzzy about the fact that covid cases have
dropped a lot around you. Yes, all those vaccinated people around you
will protect you too, but if there is another wave, possibly due to a
more transmissible version - you and your family will be at _much_
higher risk than those vaccinated people because of your ignorance and
mis-information.

Get vaccinated. Stop believing the anti-vax lies.

And if you insist on believing in the crazy conspiracy theories, at
least SHUT THE HELL UP about it on Linux kernel discussion lists.

                Linus

My thoughts

While I am not 100% sure that it classifies as tech news. I thought that it was an enjoyment to read the roast, plus it serves as a reminder that not even very smart developers are safe from misinformation and conspiracy theories. 

 

Sources

https://lore.kernel.org/ksummit/CAHk-=wiB6FJknDC5PMfpkg4gZrbSuC3d391VyReM4Wb0+JYXXA@mail.gmail.com/

[Spotty]

Of course Linus Torvalds would defend the vaccine. The 5G nanobots they inject you with are running Linux.

 

/s

[Helpful Tech Witch]

i have to be honest, this makes me so happy.

[alex75871]

Linus Torvalds must be in on it. Maybe he developed COVID so he could imbed Linux in the vaccine and control us using 5G.

[CT854]

This is so on brand for Linus Torvalds. I'm loving it.

[Vishera]

WhatI can i say?,

I agree with linus

 

I am a man of science,and conspiracy theories are just cancer.

They start with a conclusion and then twist facts and even make things up in order to prove the their conclusion.

 

In science you start with facts and evidence,and only then reach the conclusion

 

Popular conspiracy theories:

The Earth is flat.

5G causes cancer

Vaccines cause Autism

Area 51 is hiding aliens (The fighter jets that were tested and developed there indeed look like aliens,their designs are...unique)

[leadeater]

Moved to Off Topic, more tech adjacent and primarily about COVID/vaccines.

 

Also a reminder to keep it civil and have in mind the same guidelines as the main COVID-19 topic.

[captain_to_fire]

43 minutes ago, leadeater said:

Moved to Off Topic, more tech adjacent and primarily about COVID/vaccines.

 

Also a reminder to keep it civil and have in mind the same guidelines as the main COVID-19 topic.

But, but…Linus Torvalds would want the vaccinated people aka walking 5G towers to experience a kernel panic instead of Bill Gates’ blue screen of death. 

[whm1974]

49 minutes ago, Vishera said:

WhatI can i say?,

I agree with linus

 

I am a man of science,and conspiracy theories are just cancer.

They start with a conclusion and then twist facts and even make things up in order to prove the their conclusion.

 

In science you start with facts and evidence,and only then reach the conclusion

 

Popular conspiracy theories:

The Earth is flat.

5G causes cancer

Vaccines cause Autism

Area 51 is hiding aliens (The fighter jets that were tested and developed there indeed look like aliens,their designs are...unique)

How did the Area 51 Having Aliens and their Tech stored at a remote Aircraft Testing Facility get started anyway?

[Vishera]

4 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

How did the Area 51 Having Aliens and their Tech stored at a remote Aircraft Testing Facility get started anyway?

I don't know,but i have a theory, People saw this and screamed aliens :

[SansVarnic]

Just ignore ant-vaxxers, all your doing is giving them a platform. People have opinions even if the opinion is right or wrong.

And besides this is a Tech Forum, who gives two shits about vaccines in a Tech Forum.

[TetraSky]

He probably helped develop the kernel for the 5g nanochips that are injected through the vaccine.

48 minutes ago, SansVarnic said:

Just ignore ant-vaxxers, all your doing is giving them a platform. People have opinions even if the opinion is right or wrong.

And besides this is a Tech Forum, who gives two shits about vaccines in a Tech Forum.

mRNA tech is kind of interesting though.

[SansVarnic]

13 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

He probably helped develop the kernel for the 5g nanochips that are injected through the vaccine.

mRNA tech is kind of interesting though.

The tech behind vaccines is, but anything about vaccine and for/against discussion... no.

[whm1974]

54 minutes ago, SansVarnic said:

Just ignore ant-vaxxers, all your doing is giving them a platform. People have opinions even if the opinion is right or wrong.

And besides this is a Tech Forum, who gives two shits about vaccines in a Tech Forum.

Given the widespread Influence of quite a few Anti-Vaxxers, We should be Countering Claims they make.

[SansVarnic]

12 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

Given the widespread Influence of quite a few Anti-Vaxxers, We should be Countering Claims they make.

Then challenge them [constantly] openly to a debate, disprove/prove it publicly. Making one sided videos doesn't do justice to one's argument.

I'm not telling you this, just saying in general. I can make one sided arguments all day long but I get no-where if the argument isn't challenged properly.

 

What am I thinking? this is 2020 and this is no longer possible, Ignore me.

[Quackers101]

I mean there is concerns in the future around this, and there has been cases of failed vaccines.

But not all is about the actual vaccine failing, than a system and delivering a functioning vaccine.

Either by war, mafia like structures, corruption or selling them and giving fake ones. (or destroyed vaccines)

And like in egypt at some point were they used the same needle on a wast amount of people for getting a vaccine.

 

So some comes to trust, and trusting your country and healthcare system.

Which is maybe why you wouldn't not want to take a vaccine in countries you are uncertain about.

 

Also this was all staged for Linus Torvald, or was it?

[whm1974]

1 minute ago, Quackers101 said:

I mean there is concerns in the future around this, and there has been cases of failed vaccines.

But not all is about the actual vaccine failing, than a system and delivering a functioning vaccine.

Either by war, mafia like structures, corruption or selling them and giving fake ones.

And like in egypt at some point were they used the same needle on a wast amount of people for getting a vaccine.

 

So some comes to trust, and trusting your country and healthcare system.

Which is maybe why you wouldn't not want to take a vaccine in countries you are uncertain about.

 

Also this was all staged for Linus Torvald, or was it?

A few modern cases of Failed Vaccines and Mishandling of Needles does not Prove any Points at all. 

[Quackers101]

1 minute ago, whm1974 said:

A few modern cases of Failed Vaccines and Mishandling of Needles does not Prove any Points at all. 

maybe not their points, just that more awareness is sometimes needed.

[WolframaticAlpha]

2 hours ago, Vishera said:

The Earth is flat.

5G causes cancer

Vaccines cause Autism

Area 51 is hiding aliens

what are you saying? all of this is the inalienable universal truth!^/s

 

 

 

I am copying Linus' Rant for whenever I frequent any of the videos with antivaxxer comments on youtube.

[Brooksie359]

24 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

He probably helped develop the kernel for the 5g nanochips that are injected through the vaccine.

mRNA tech is kind of interesting though.

Yeah it really is interesting how new technology works even in stuff like this. I remember there was this one Ted talk about a way to fight I forget if it was bacteria or viruses. It was talking about how once there is enough of it together it will start to act but it won't act right away by itself. Apparently there is some receptors that determine if there is more (not sure if it is bacteria or virus load) and then gets the (bacteria or virus?) To work together to sorta mess things up. Apparently they are trying to find a way to block those receptors to prevent that from happening. It will be a way to stop the attack without actually having to kill it. 

[whm1974]

1 minute ago, WolframaticAlpha said:

what are you saying? all of this is the inalienable universal truth!^/s

Oh I see the /s Tag... Almost missed that...

[leadeater]

2 hours ago, captain_to_fire said:

But, but…Linus Torvalds would want the vaccinated people aka walking 5G towers to experience a kernel panic instead of Bill Gates’ blue screen of death. 

Blue screen of death in to pants is a lot messier

[JZStudios]

I'm definitely anti untested covid vax, but I've heard that the chem trails from planes are also turning people into lizards. Though after watching Dark Waters a few days ago, I honestly wouldn't be surprised.

 

In either case, one of my buddy's electrical engineer co-worker is a flat earther. They've apparently had multiple arguments about it. I guess based on math somehow the fact that GPS exists proves we're on a globe.

[captain_to_fire]

20 minutes ago, leadeater said:

Blue screen of death in to pants is a lot messier

I think Pfizer has a blue pill for that 

[Dutch_Master]

1 hour ago, SansVarnic said:

this is 2020

You need to adjust your clock in your BIOS, it's quite some way behind. Install NTP, that really works