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2 days agoIt’s bits, not bytes. And endianness is a huge consideration in systems programming. And it’s basically Linus’ whole role at this point to enforce extreme consistency and standards since the project is so large with so many contributors
right? are they really so short on dramatic things to write about they need to attach themselves like vampires to the minutae of open source software development? what’s next, news articles about people with differing opinions on… hydraulics manufacuring strategies?