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Re:One Guy Ruined Hacktoberfest 2020 by raverbashing on Saturday October 03, 2020 @02:35AM (#24670090)
That's a ridiculous generalization

I didn't see lots of Italians creating a PR just to get a T-Shirt

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Re:One Guy Ruined Hacktoberfest 2020 by ric2b on Sunday October 04, 2020 @05:40PM (#24682471)
The populations of Italy and India aren't even remotely similar.

India dwarfs the entirety of Europe, never mind Italy, by population size.

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Re:One Guy Ruined Hacktoberfest 2020 by LoSboccacc on Sunday October 04, 2020 @03:23AM (#24677097)
you need to start thinking percentages and not counts. also, and in percentage, knowledge of what a github even is in Italy is far lower; IT is still seen as the nerd kids choice and not as a professional career.
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