Re:`three = 1` in the Linux sourcecode (2014)
by a1369209993 on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @06:21PM
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> To me, that is a 20 foot tall neon orange flashing Chesterton's fence.
It's not a Chesterton's fence, though. The whole point of Chesterton's fence is that whoever put up the fence that you want to take down couldn't be bothered to add signage explaining why the fence was present, thus either it isn't important to keep the fence up long term, or they're a idiot, in which case there's no reason to belive they were correct in deciding that having a fence there was useful in the first place.
With this fence, if you walk a few meters to the side (read, "select 'ext4_list_backups' and hit ^F and ^G a few times); et viola, there's your signs.
It's not a Chesterton's fence, though. The whole point of Chesterton's fence is that whoever put up the fence that you want to take down couldn't be bothered to add signage explaining why the fence was present, thus either it isn't important to keep the fence up long term, or they're a idiot, in which case there's no reason to belive they were correct in deciding that having a fence there was useful in the first place.
With this fence, if you walk a few meters to the side (read, "select 'ext4_list_backups' and hit ^F and ^G a few times); et viola, there's your signs.