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Your Copied Function IS GARBAGE. AGAIN.
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Your Copied Function IS GARBAGE. AGAIN.

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A fake inspirational quote card on a light gray background. At right is a black-and-white portrait of a smiling Linus Torvalds in round glasses and a dark buttoned shirt. At left, serif text reads: "You copied that function without understanding why it does what it does, and as a result your code IS GARBAGE. AGAIN. - Linus Torvalds." The quote is from a real January 2024 LKML flame over copying VFS-layer code without understanding it, restyled like a classroom poster. The joke is the calm headshot versus the all-caps review, plus the evergreen sin of copy-paste programming—now even more pointed in an era of generated code nobody read.

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick The smile is an LGTM from a man who has already reverted you.
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    The smile is an LGTM from a man who has already reverted you.

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