You're using a logical fallacy called reductio ad absurdum. You take my interpretation of Linux's definition to an extreme to make it look ridiculous.
To be fair to you and remain taxonomically accurate, the linux kernel is a system of algorithms, which (to be fair to me) can be considered an algorithm (the main loop) of algorithms.
The linux kernel, given my very pedestrian understanding of it, is a program that allows other programs (e.g., GNU utilities) to talk to a computer system's hardware.
Therefore, linux could be considered a collection of algorithms that can be modularly compiled to handle:
I suppose the Democratstm could fillibuster and obstruct every bill possible like the Republicanstm have for years until enough Republicanstm agree to enact the articles of impeachment.
There is something distasteful about elder generations prejudicially dismissing new ideas, especially in such a subjective artform as music; in that sense, we can find common ground.
However, I am now 42. An elder millennial. I have been a player of instruments since childhood. I read and have composed music in western notation. I've been in a few touring bands. I've been around and played with virtuosic players. I'd like to think I'm half-decent myself.
At this point, technical ability or mastery of the instrument doesn't matter to me anymore. Voices and lyrics are instruments too, so this goes for singers as well. If the selections of notes, harmonies, dynamics, <<**and rests**>> a player makes don't evoke some sort of emotional response out of me (joy, sadness, laughter, nostalgia, fear, etc.), I'm just not impressed nor interested.
Don't get me wrong. I'm discovering new music from younger artists and bands all the time, but what they have in common is that their music and musicianship expresses more than just their technical proficiency at their instrument; they're showing me something that transcends the song.
"Boomer" bends from Gilmore on his strat live as a part of the entire soundscape of Pink Floyd's albums, for the better. They're triggers of ennui, nostalgia, and longing, with just a few notes. If you think his playing style is only about pentatonics, I don't think we're hearing the same thing.
But I do agree with a different commenter, in that the most "OK, boomer" guitarist is Ted Nugent, by a country mile, as they say.
You're using a logical fallacy called reductio ad absurdum. You take my interpretation of Linux's definition to an extreme to make it look ridiculous.
To be fair to you and remain taxonomically accurate, the linux kernel is a system of algorithms, which (to be fair to me) can be considered an algorithm (the main loop) of algorithms.