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Reminds me of Jugaad [0] or Chabuduo mindset in mainland China. Basically if all it takes is getting citations, then forming a citation ring is "Chabuduo" and

Reminds me of Jugaad [0] or Chabuduo mindset in mainland China. Basically if all it takes is getting citations, then forming a citation ring is "Chabuduo" and you'll only lose face if you are caught (not good enough). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugaad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugaad

bakul 5y ago
Jugaad is very different from this sort of collusion.
- eindiran 5y ago
  From the wiki article it sounds like it just refers to extremely improvised engineering, something akin to "bubble gum and baling wire" or "MacGyvering" something. Something like a kludge, but a bit less pejorative.
  - yesenadam 5y ago
    like, uh, hacking—hacking together something?
    - eindiran 5y ago
      Yes, but "hack" is so overloaded and has so many definitions that using it as a definition itself is supremely unhelpful.
BadInformatics 5y ago
This kind of collusion is driven far more by perverse incentives than some alleged cultural phenomenon of half-assery people like to attach an incorrect but exotic-sounding foreign phrase to. I can't speak for Jugaad, but 差不多 ("Chabuduo") is not at all appropriate here [1]. Just call it what it is: cheating, collusion and conspiracy. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27052249 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27052249. This reminds me of the Japanese buzzword bingo of earlier decades.