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[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you think kernel maintainers are 'techbros' then you dont really understand that term

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

if you live in the bay area, youd understand who works in tech, and whose a tech bro, very easily.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Living and working in silicon valley for 20 years and then moving to Austin and then Chicago has shown me the reality of how much of a bubble that the Bay Area is.

Nothing translates and tech bro there has a VERY different meaning outside of it.