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[–] [S] 6 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Didn't Overstreet do bcachefs? Or are you referring to switching to Reiser because of this?

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  • [–] 46 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    i think they're referring to how the reiserfs guy murdered his wife with an axe because of the same type of male insanity.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I did not know that. Jeeze, when I was learning about filesystems I read about Reiser that it was "obsolete" and "unmaintained," but never anything about "the developer murdered his wife with an axe."

    Holy fuck.

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  • [–] 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    yeah it's unmaintained because he's been in prison for almost 20 years. also i remembered it wrong, it was apparently strangulation, the axe thing was when he buried the body.

    a recent letter from him to the community was published online last year and it's gut-wrenching stuff. he dismisses all notion that he had a manic episode, he's saying that he was in full control and has a perfect memory of it, and has been living scared of himself for the last 15 or so years. i of course don't know the man but the letter seems genuine.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Ah, that tracks. Doy. I spaced on that for a moment. Thank you for clarifying.

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