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[–] bastian_5 33 points 10 months ago (3 children)

About 75% of the code I copy I then figure out through a combination of fucking around and deduction

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

Not the technical definition of due diligence, but possibly more than happened here...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You're putting a positive spin on "fuck around and find out."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Tbf, no one said the find out part had to be negative lmao

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

If the code is going into the Kernel, it shouldn't be produced by "fucking around".