How is it, that after the fact (the hack), can the TOS be changed to mitigate damages from their lack of security? If this is the case, why worry about security then if all we need to do is change the TOS after the fact. No, I suspect a good lawyer or two can challenge this.
Amazon recently annouced their investment in Anthropic as well. Two, of the largest ad providers on the planet. Invest in the competition so you can have "input" into various aspects of the company, all the while profitting on any sucess.
The title of the Engadget story is wrong, the FBI did not explain anything, and then saying "they don't see what I see." is fairly idiotic way of adding to the explaination.
I like the bogus example because though you claim it's bogus it went through your mind I may very well watch Fox News given my focus on individualism. I find it fascinating that people that have a difference of view point are always lumped into a black or white view of the world so people can "figure them out".
That observation aside, I easily see what your point is, but I don't agree with the principle of it. In this case this wasn't a direct ad hominem attack by Linus. I fail to see that given the rest of the email thread. More importantly however is the fact that the individualism involved is what makes things interesting and gets the points across. Since you like literature it seems, you should surely understand the importance of the reviews and critics of such works. Often these were quite brutal, but again they drove home the points, whether they are right or wrong isn't the issue either. A sugar coated world just isn't a reflection of a real world.
Let's not beat around the bush. This is exactly the type of insidious tripe that wants to make everyone the same, that wants to live in a gingerbread world where they hold hands and sing Kumbayah. We tell kids in school and adults to "be themselves and be an individual", yet, your way of thinking wants to remove any individuality and homogenize them so every one is polite and considerate of everyone else's garbage opinion as if they all had equal weight, They do not. Telling people they are doing something dumb, even in harsh terms can be useful, as it will drive the point home. That's not to say be mean, but, be direct and upfront.
It's because we in the US have had actual intelligence beat out of us in our schools so that garbage like this is important. I think Linus is right on the money with this.