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> I have seen all kinds of bizarre claims which are at odds with reality, but which, being described in a wikipedia page, are taken for gospel, and end up repro
by wizzwizz4 2y ago
> I have seen all kinds of bizarre claims which are at odds with reality, but which, being described in a wikipedia page, are taken for gospel, and end up reproduced and sometimes embellished further.
Editing Wikipedia is fun, but sometimes it is hard to know where to edit. Here's a simple process to find correctable errors!
(1) Sneak onto your local university's campus.
(2) Sit in any operating systems lecture.
(3) Watch for nonsense in the slides.
(4) Locate the relevant Wikipedia page.
(5) Rewrite the entire two-page section around whatever was on that slide, because chances are it's all nonsense.