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   Greg Knauss (gknauss@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Sep-2023 07:42:13 JST Greg Knauss

   I propose a day, once a quarter, where the team maintaining an open source project sits down with a new user and silently watches them try to compile it, using only the instructions on the website.

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     The Duke of Fall :d6: (valthonis@dice.camp)'s status on Thursday, 14-Sep-2023 07:42:11 JST The Duke of Fall :d6:

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     @gknauss Helping by being a dick is a storied tradition in many open source projects, to be fair…

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     Greg Knauss (gknauss@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Sep-2023 07:42:12 JST Greg Knauss

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     Yes, yes, I should be contributing. I know. I’m helping by being a dick.

     novatorine 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ repeated this.
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     James Morris (jmorris@social.kernel.org)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2023 02:17:33 JST James Morris

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     @gknauss Certainly for projects which are well-funded.