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[–] bastian_5@sh.itjust.works 33 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 9 months ago

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

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

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

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 5 points 9 months ago

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