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[–] Zamboniman@lemmy.ca 177 points 1 year ago (4 children)

...Kernel patch at age 4. Sigh... What have I done with my life?

[–] Bizarroland@kbin.social 89 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You done fucked up from the moment you turned 5. That's where you went wrong. You should have just stopped getting older

[–] gamey@feddit.rocks 19 points 1 year ago

Dose mental age count?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Internet didn't even exist when I was four, let alone Linux, so I don't feel so bad.

[–] gamey@feddit.rocks 7 points 1 year ago

Lucky bastard!

[–] shaulliv@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

she's going to one of those mythical 20 yo with 15 years of experience 😉

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 8 points 1 year ago

You can start now!


I am no developer, but I've submitted my first patch a few months ago.

It simply added my laptop to a list of quirks, in order to make the microphone work.