Post AMGNvxZLjg995EVOu8 by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
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 (DIR) Post #AMFoSh88HPDNIz5Jnk by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2022-08-06T14:35:04Z
       
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       I enjoy fixing bugs much more than writing new software; especially obscure/hard bugs.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMFpr6JiO4W0KChi5o by lukas@norrebro.space
       2022-08-06T14:50:40Z
       
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       @penguin42 Very Rare
       
 (DIR) Post #AMG2i9UgVN0SyYtkUS by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
       2022-08-06T17:14:43Z
       
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       @penguin42 Here's a bug for you then: the software doesn't exist.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMG59LE9Ble35pFu9Q by wyliecoyoteuk@mastodon.org.uk
       2022-08-06T17:42:03Z
       
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       @penguin42 I don't like having to fix bugs to get the software to actually work properly.I remember a game called the pen and the dark on a Spectrum,  if you followed a particular path, the only way to complete it was to edit the code.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMG5A3AnnZ75OC1r2u by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2022-08-06T17:42:12Z
       
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       @mansr True and those are important; I'm just finding it much harder to keep interest in most of those, compared to a nice juicy bug - like last weeks that ended up with hexdumps, trace-cmd, and kdb.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMG5ZOhksjvvPKWr1E by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2022-08-06T17:46:46Z
       
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       @wyliecoyoteuk So there's a bit of a difference between a bug that gets in my way and a bug I pick up because I decide to fix it; sometimes I fix bugs in open source software I use (I fixed a couple of Libreoffice ones that were pissing me off), sometimes I pick up random ones, and sometimes stuff I do at work I have a chance to fix stuff.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMGNvxZLjg995EVOu8 by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
       2022-08-06T21:12:31Z
       
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       @penguin42 @wyliecoyoteuk Hardware bugs are the most fun, though. Especially when you find them in ARM's brand new flagship CPU core.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMGSycwJONk3k1KxVY by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2022-08-06T22:09:02Z
       
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       @mansr @wyliecoyoteuk Yeh those are fun; still looking at the number of revision numbers on ARM cores...
       
 (DIR) Post #AMPWCq0td2wKd2aYUK by neildarlow@mastodon.org.uk
       2022-08-11T06:57:37Z
       
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       @penguin42 Pretty much the same for me except hardware rather than software. Very satisfying when a solution presents itself to you.