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Re:Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code ov... by bowsamic on Monday June 16, 2025 @05:58AM (#44288002)
Strange to make such a point based on what you expect to happen when clicking on the link would immediately show the opposite to be the case. But I guess you didn’t need to do that bc you already “knew” the swear words would fall?
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Re:Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code ov... by bonoboTP on Monday June 16, 2025 @06:04AM (#44288033)
It seems like absolute count of occurrences, not normalized to codebase size.

Even more informative would be to plot the occurance rate within new code.

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Re:Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code ov... by 0x000xca0xfe on Monday June 16, 2025 @07:27AM (#44288561)
OKR for H2: Increase edginess of Linux for a less corporate feel

Key result: Boost occurrence of swearwords by 20%

Key result: Create a new metric that tracks relative swearword use per line YoY

Key result: Attract at least 100 comments on HN or Reddit about the new code

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Re:Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code ov... by rfrey on Monday June 16, 2025 @10:00AM (#44289567)
Comment mastery
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