It’s a Cold War relic. Notice how traitors immediately call you an “alt-leftist” and whatever that other bottom of the barrel said. There’s only traditional US power or nothing.
Linux folks used to be much worse about gatekeeping, but even 20+ years ago when I was first starting out, there were always decent folks among the techie dumbfucks.
I can’t load the link but the human beings at places like Enterprise where I usually rent are totally reasonable. They’re always like, don’t worry, only big things are an issue.
Professor was an idiot if it gave a D for a working solution. Getting it working is the grade, optimizing is the next step.