Linus Torvalds' New Helper Is Working Out Well For Linux 4.21

[DrYak]

And this bot being written by Linus, you know that eventually it will evolve into the "Next Big Thing!" like everything else he started.
Probably it's going to eventually become the dev's/geek's equivalent to a Siri/Alexa/Cortana/OkGoogle assistant.

Within 5 years, it'll probably get a full blown universal AI neural net.
Within 10-15 years, it's going to become sentient-ish

By the time of Linus' death, the latest backup of his consciousness will be (git-) pushed and merged into the bot, making him the first opensource benevolent dictator for afterlife.

[jpg44]

It seems like mainly a courtesy and to alleviate the need for Linus to communicate as much. Someone can always check the git log to see if there patch was accepted or not, I am sure.

[fuzz]

He wrote "transginger". *Woosh*

Yeah I saw it, must be from the UK or something? Because it wasn't funny. This isn't reddit, where people pretend to be clever all day with stupid puns.

[starshipeleven]

Correct, but he did say "bluehaired". *Whoosh*

He wrote "transginger". *Woosh*

[fuzz]

He didn't say transginger.

Correct, but he did say "bluehaired". *Whoosh*

[nils_]

Are you assuming hair color?

He didn't say transginger.

[starshipeleven]

Here i was wondering if this new helper had breasts.

My first thought was about some little elf like Santa's helpers, but I guess breasts are also good.

[starshipeleven]

I thought it was a bluehaired transgender too for a moment.

Are you assuming hair color?

[starshipeleven]

(am i doing your level of humour right, dear fellow phoronix forum people?)

I'd say "No".

[dstaubsauger]

Haha Linus uses a bot for communicating with people because the bot is actually better at talking to humans than the cis-het-white-male "project leader" himself.

(am i doing your level of humour right, dear fellow phoronix forum people?)