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bogomipz on July 9, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linux tracing systems and how they fit together

>"Saying you respect someone is meaningless if immediately followed up by a suggestion that they're just simplifying other peoples' "real work"

Why are respectful and critical mutually exclusive?

Do you believe that one negates the other?

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