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   nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 02:00:42 JST nixCraft 🐧

   I know you guys like funny or weird source code comments. Here are interesting comments in the source code of SQLite https://github.com/endlesssoftware/sqlite3/blob/master/os.h#L133

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     Sebastian Hans (sebhans@social.sebhans.de)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 02:02:48 JST Sebastian Hans

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     @nixCraft This again shows that the challenges in software development often have more to do with people than with technology.

     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: and clacke like this.
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     Jani Nikula (jani@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 03:42:26 JST Jani Nikula

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     @nixCraft

     I always liked this:

     /* We do this three times for luck */
     for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
     intel_de_write(dev_priv, DPLL(pipe), dpll);
     intel_de_posting_read(dev_priv, DPLL(pipe));
     udelay(150); /* wait for warmup */
     }

     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dpll.c?h=v6.7-rc2#n1638

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     cinnamon muffin mint (cinnamonmuffinmint@furries.club)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 03:43:00 JST cinnamon muffin mint

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     @nixCraft I'ma bout to call Linus Torvalds because I deleted the bin folder and it's not starting

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     David Monniaux (monniauxd@social.sciences.re)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2023 00:21:25 JST David Monniaux

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     @nixCraft This reminds me of the following.

     There is a site called MetaPedia that uses the same Wiki engine as Wikipedia and some of the same stylesheets. Somebody emailed Wikipedia asking for them to take MetaPedia down, and then started accusing them of "not taking their responsibilities" when they said they cannot take down sites they do not operate.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2023 00:21:27 JST clacke

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     • Iron Bug

     @iron_bug Not root, c:\temp, the Windows equivalent of /tmp.

     @nixCraft

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     Iron Bug (iron_bug@friendica.ironbug.org)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2023 00:21:29 JST Iron Bug

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     @nixCraft why, the heck, some shitty file is put in the root system directory? though, windoze is total crap on itself and has total mess with file system and files hierarchy, it's not a reason to make even more crappy software.