Barreiro mispronouncing Linux

[Spaulding!No!]

And then listening to him get angry cuz people corrected him on it. Hahaha what an insufferable goat. Just play yer geezer jazz.

 

[short ornery norwegian]

so, I tried to read about this "scandal" at the U of MN. most of it went over my head.

Does anyone understand what this is about? Supposedly people at the U as part of some "research" project were submitting bad code to an open-source platform.

Mind you, I don't really understand what that last sentence means - just parroting what I read.

Is this some kind of heinous act in computer world?

Asking as a 65-year-old guy who doesn't get tech.

 

[Slim Tubby]

Linux had an affinity for blankies and could wail on the piano like Liberace, silly. As for computers, I can turn mine on.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

What’s strange is Danny B does fake rants and this seemed like one and then he went on and on. After 15 minutes, I realized he was serious. Rocking chair radio right there.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

So where are we at with this? About as compelling as acting like Ben Lieber has anything going outside of kfan.

 

[beatles]

What’s strange is Danny B does fake rants and this seemed like one and then he went on and on. After 15 minutes, I realized he was serious. Rocking chair radio right there.

I listened to it as well and Barreiro was absolutely joking. He could not care less about this.

 

[GopherJake]

so, I tried to read about this "scandal" at the U of MN. most of it went over my head.

Does anyone understand what this is about? Supposedly people at the U as part of some "research" project were submitting bad code to an open-source platform.

Mind you, I don't really understand what that last sentence means - just parroting what I read.

Is this some kind of heinous act in computer world?

Asking as a 65-year-old guy who doesn't get tech.

Linux is an “open source” operating system (OS == the software that makes your computer work - Windows is the OS on your PC or laptop, unless it’s an Apple, iOS is the OS on your iPhone, Android on your Google phone, etc). Linux is a niche OS and also for geeks who like typing commands. It’s also free, comes in several dialects and, as mentioned, open source. This means people - anyone - can submit changes/updates. The research project by the U attempted to prove that process was vulnerable to hacking- people submit code, code gets approved and released, is how the process works. Now think, nefarious coder steals credit card data.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

I listened to it as well and Barreiro was absolutely joking. He could not care less about this.

I am going to go with your take on this. Kinda exacerbates the media fake news thing tho. Like, it doesn’t help.

 

[short ornery norwegian]

And - let's not forget - Barreiro routinely does interviews with imaginary guests.

the "Carl Gerbschmidt" bit with a member of the media pretending to be an over-the-top Packers fan, and the bit with someone claiming to be an NFL draft expert named "Marty Wexler the 3rd" - which is supposed to be making fun of the obsessive way that NFL teams study draft picks.

it took me a while to realize that for Barreiro, everything is a bit. nothing is genuine. it's all calculated to create some type of a response by the listeners.