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How a 23-year-old first-time Firefox coder fixed a 22-year-old bug (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] grabyourmotherskeys 58 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I remember finding a bug in the Linux kernel re AMD processors a very, very long time ago. I documented and reported it and later saw the report in a changelog or something. Still riding high off that 25 years later (I think, it's been a while).

[โ€“] QHC 24 points 1 year ago

You should, sounds like you definitely contributed more to the benefit of human society than I ever have!

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