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...Kernel patch at age 4. Sigh... What have I done with my life?
You done fucked up from the moment you turned 5. That's where you went wrong. You should have just stopped getting older
Dose mental age count?
The Internet didn't even exist when I was four, let alone Linux, so I don't feel so bad.
Well, you shoulda been working on ARPANET then, slacker!
Lucky bastard!
she's going to one of those mythical 20 yo with 15 years of experience 😉
You can start now!
I am no developer, but I've submitted my first patch a few months ago.
It simply added my laptop to a list of quirks, in order to make the microphone work.