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> I'm counting myself as proficient in Linux for many years That's the difference between a power user and a hacker. A power user RTFM, a hacker RTFS.
by est 14y ago
> I'm counting myself as proficient in Linux for many years
That's the difference between a power user and a hacker.
A power user RTFM, a hacker RTFS.
- tomp 14y agoThe problem is you might be a Windows/Java/ASM/Lisp hacker, and you would be able to understand the general principles, but not the specific (and unfamiliar) source code.
- pi18n 14y agoI think the problem is that the comment appears to use a "no true Scotsman" fallacy.
- pi18n 14y agoWhen you imply that a hacker should read and understand the source, are you referring to the posted code or Linux itself (or both)?
- buster 14y agoThe difference is that i don't know if this is worthy to invest time and effort or not. Does this have an impact on a wide install base of servers? Apparently some HNers can't reproduce this. So it's not worth my time? I would assume it's just common sense (or courtesy) to put a little bit of text around it. How often do you read a news article about quantum mechanics that is just some lines of advanced math without any explanation at all?