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Comic Sans?

... and before you downvote me, ask yourself.. "did I immediately think the same thing?"

Yesss!! What the hell! Comic sans!!
Maybe it’s supposed to be ironic given the title.
I had no idea Comic Sans had ligatures (see the top of page 2 for the fi)
It isn't Comic Sans - the lower-case m is wrong. Comic Sans has a very jaunty and distinctive lower-case m.

I don't know what this actually is, perhaps some open-source stand-in. For some reason I haven't thoroughly researched replacements for Comic Sans.

Looks like the link has changed now anyway, so this is disappointingly moot.

I think it fits with his current phase of wanting to explore his human side.
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I sometimes am glad that all established structures with power are taken over by "be nice" parasites. It drives the likes of Linus ever onwards towards bigger and better things.
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How did Linus --or whoever generated that pdf-- think that comic sans was a sane font choice for the article?
This is what I love about programming - it is never boring! If it is boring, you can automate the boring parts, which becomes interesting as a goal.
One of the reasons people have become so enamored with computers is that they enable you to experience new worlds you can create, and to learn what’s possible.

Could not have written it better myself.