• Linus Torvalds added hidden tabs to Kconfig to challenge parsers that can’t handle them.
  • Tabs were intentionally added to the common Kconfig file for page sizes to expose faulty parsers.
  • Torvalds believes parsers unable to handle tabs shouldn’t be parsing kernel Kconfig files, aiming to force fixes.
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“if you can’t parse tabs as whitespace, you should not be parsing the kernel Kconfig files.” ~ Linus Torvalds

This is what we got after people sent him into PC training. The OG Linus would say something like “if you’re a piece of s* that can’t get over your a** to parse tabs as whitespace you should be ashamed to walk on this planet let alone parsing the kernel Kconfig files. What a f* waste of space.”

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And honestly, I find his phrasing today far more damming with its conciseness. It screams leadership.

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Thanks for your insight, fartsparkles.

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Please make fartsparkles the new rimjobsteve. Pretty please?

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I need more fartsparkles in my life.

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Yeah, I can’t stop laughing at

If you can’t parse tabs, you can’t have page sizes.

It’s like how I’d admonish my pet

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Indeed 😂😂

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Well, I do miss the “fuck you mauro” livid linus, yes, nowadays he goes more for ‘brevity is the wit of soul’

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The Gordon Ramsey of programing

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Why are you censoring your own text? Truly baffling.

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Because… there’s moderation on lemmy that doesn’t like certain words :P

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I promise, you can say shit, ass and fuck

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Not on your instance.

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I think your keyboard is broken. It’s inserting random stars in your text.

Anti Commercial-AI license

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Yours is too, its posting a silly link at the bottom which makes you look like you’re a Facebook mom in 2003.

Dear Mark Zuckerberg

With this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of privacy can be punished by law (UCC 1-308- 1 1 308-103 and the Rome Statute. NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. All members must post a note like this. If you prefer, you can copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tacitly allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates. FACEBOOK DOES NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION TO SHARE PHOTOS OR MESSAGES.

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Dude. Censoring profanity ain’t as cringe as licensing a fucking Lemmy comment XD

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Can’t we just all come together and agree that they’re both cringe

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No-no-no. “Whoever can’t handle tabs as whitespaces should heat their IQ, it is below freezing right now”. Or classic “should be retroactively aborted”.

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Nice one. Maybe e can make a website “whatwouldlinussay.com”?

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Complaining about PC but type the word “fuck”? Genius.

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The associated forum post contains a much more endearing translation.

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