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[–] Davel23@fedia.io 61 points 2 hours ago

The guy's name is Linus and he reverse-engineered Linux? Who wrote this shit, Kojima?

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 points 39 seconds ago

I mentioned this last time this was posted, but linux only has around 20 million lines of code. It's funny how people always seem to overestimate the size.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 1 hour ago

He's even rumoured to have recently started to use AI to assist in his project...!

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 24 points 2 hours ago

oh man thats crazy! Hope no one leaks git's source code next

[–] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 28 points 2 hours ago

“paid partnership” fuck yeah

[–] shweddy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

c/linuxsucks be like

[–] kiri@ani.social 39 points 3 hours ago

This joke will always be relevant.

[–] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 hour ago
[–] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

what the heck the whole kernel, really?

[–] Ertain@feddit.online 5 points 2 hours ago

This joke is always funny.

[–] red_tomato@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Soon enough there will be a fully decompiled Windows 11

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It turns out Windows 11 was just a backed up septic system all along.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 3 points 1 hour ago

backed up septic system

It's called "MFC".

[–] lennee@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago