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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by da768 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:09PM (#37676826)
Some people have their whole "GitHub resumes" built off copy-pasted contributions.

1. Open PR

2. Get comments asking for changes, you only have time to fix it a few days later.

3. PR gets closed as fixed by another PR submitted by a frequent contributor.

4. Find said PR is your exact code with a variable name change (approved instantly through lower 'friend' review standards)

5. Look at that user's profile and notice almost every contributions were copy-pasted from other people.

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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by fragmede on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:20PM (#37679856)
Woah, that stinks! Any you care to name and shame?
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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by da768 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @07:19PM (#37697240)
Won't do, but apparently building up your contribution score helps finding a job at Google.
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