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    Shit, it's how I feel after contributing 1 line of code to fastfetch (sh.itjust.works)
    submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    1 line of code?

    Amateur, I changed 1 byte of code in the Linux kernel!

    It was random driver with something along the lines of "if (hardware_version > 3) fail()".

    One day we got a new shipment of hardware that wasn't working for some reason until I upped that 3 to a 4.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    That's 3 bits, from 00110011 to 00110100. Can anyone top that?

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I've changed 0 bits of the kernel

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

    Someone needs to hit us with "I convinced someone to not contribute to the kernel"

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

    If you revert a change that's negative bits. You can do it!

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Still asking myself what that four year old girl who contributed to the kernel is doing today. Hopefully she goes into IT somewhere, she'd have a killer résumé.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    14 year old with 10yoe of contributing to the Linux kernel is exactly the current IT market is looking for

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    I was thinking about trying to contribute, but the code I was fixing is filled with so many workarounds that I’m terrified of breaking one.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

    "What if I just change this a bit..."

    segmentation fault

    "Nope, nope, let's put that mystery code back..."