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…Kernel patch at age 4. Sigh… What have I done with my life?
You done fucked up from the moment you turned 5. That’s where you went wrong. You should have just stopped getting older
Dose mental age count?
The Internet didn’t even exist when I was four, let alone Linux, so I don’t feel so bad.
Well, you shoulda been working on ARPANET then, slacker!
Lucky bastard!
she’s going to one of those mythical 20 yo with 15 years of experience 😉
You can start now!
I am no developer, but I’ve submitted my first patch a few months ago.
It simply added my laptop to a list of quirks, in order to make the microphone work.
Breaking News at msn.com: “Linux uses child labour!”
Unpaid child labour!
Oh god, maybe they’ll start calling actual child labor “open source”
FOSS
Free and Open Source Slave
FOSS: Forces Orphan Se–
Don’t threaten the far-right with a good time
That is adorable.
I want her to do a Ted talk on the morality and ethics of making sure no letter is left behind when underlining text.
You mean the inclusivity TED Talk.
lazy to not submit a unit test to check for this throughout the repo. That girl isn’t going anywhere with that kind of work ethic
Her coding style is on point, though.
Sphinx has warnings for these already. They’re just suppressed and ignored :)
Can a 4-yr old legally consent to the copyright assignment?
No but the parents can on her behalf
Which copyright assignment?
A bunch of
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aren’t copyrightable but even if they were, the child would retain the copyright.Why wouldn’t they be?
Lol because they’re 4
Though slightly cliche, this just feels right. That niece has learned a great lesson about how collaborating to improve things is always possible, and that open-source relies on everyone doing their bit.
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You just know she unlocked a core memory that day. No way this experience doesn’t shape her in some way.
Some problems just need a fresh pair of eyes. Sometimes literally.
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Somewhere, somehow, this is going to break something lol
It’s almost 9 years ago, I think we’re good.
I reckon we can still mine it for karma for another couple of years…
I would like to request a patch to the patch request. The submitter describes the dashes as equal signs and it’s really bugging me.
I frankly have to very much agree with her.
This is just adorable. Poor s!
This better get backported with high priority.
I just noticed it’s from 2014.
@ken27238 Actually great, it is good to see young people trying to help with a project.
I don’t know, this feels cringe on some levels…(parents)
Nope, I was smiling like a maniac the whole time I was reading. Reject cynicism 😀