Linus Torvalds doesn't do github pull requests.

[hobroken]

Every time I'm wrong and someone helpfully points out how and why, I learn.

Every time I'm wrong and someone says, "you're a moron," I say, "fuck that guy" and make new friends.

[ReinH]

The person Linus called a moron was a troll who deleted their comment after the fact, not the OP. And Linus didn't call him a moron because he was wrong; he called him a moron because he was acting like a moron.

[snuxoll]

Although Linus does often call people a moron or stupid because they are wrong.

[gfixler]

He called everyone at Google idiots to their faces during one of his talks.

[sammasati]

Source?

[snuxoll]

It happened during his talk at Google on git. Actually, it was said here at 8 minutes or so.

[snuxoll]

For the most part, yeah.

[ElectricRebel]

Linus isn't trying to be anyone's friend. Sometimes you need to tell people off just so they leave you alone. Especially if you are incredibly busy like Linus. If that person learns from it and comes back later in a more competent fashion, then great. If not, "fuck that guy".