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Re:Collusion rings threaten the integrity of computer scienc... by 908B64B197 on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @06:28PM (#27296906)
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

Re:Collusion rings threaten the integrity of computer scienc... by BadInformatics on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @06:44PM (#27297082)
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. This reminds me of the Japanese buzzword bingo of earlier decades.

Re:Collusion rings threaten the integrity of computer scienc... by bakul on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @06:35PM (#27296985)
Jugaad is very different from this sort of collusion.
Re:Collusion rings threaten the integrity of computer scienc... by eindiran on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @06:52PM (#27297149)
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.
Re:Collusion rings threaten the integrity of computer scienc... by yesenadam on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @07:30PM (#27297459)
like, uh, hacking—hacking together something?
Re:Collusion rings threaten the integrity of computer scienc... by eindiran on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @08:44PM (#27298026)
Yes, but "hack" is so overloaded and has so many definitions that using it as a definition itself is supremely unhelpful.