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by _2d30 462 days ago
This is one of the dumbest things people say constantly.

Remember this the next time you ship a bug! You built a system whose purpose was to have that bug in it.
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q3k 462 days ago
If my system regularly ships bugs, then yes, it's purpose is apparently to regularly ship bugs. If my system ships rarely bugs, then yes, it's purpose is apparently to rarely ship bugs.
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_2d30 462 days ago
> If my system regularly ships bugs, then yes, it's purpose is apparently to regularly ship bugs. If my system ships rarely bugs, then yes, it's purpose is apparently to rarely ship bug

The purpose of Linux is to ship bugs: https://www.cvedetails.com/product/47/Linux-Linux-Kernel.htm...

Genius stuff here. Crazy how many people use an operating system whose literal purpose according to you is to ship bugs.

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q3k 462 days ago
And that's why a lot of us are pushing to change the system by eg. making it use a memory safe language. Otherwise it's gonna keep producing more bugs than it should :).
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