I'm sitting in my home office wearing a bathrobe. The same way I'm not…

Linus Torvalds
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I'm sitting in my home office wearing a bathrobe. The same way I'm not going to start wearing ties, I'm also not going to buy into the fake politeness, the lying, the office politics and backstabbing, the passive aggressiveness, and the buzzwords. ✨ King Of Geeks Linus Torvalds Defends His Right To Code In His Bathrobe And Curse At Other Developers. www.forbes.com. July 16, 2013.
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