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Comments from the Linux kernel source code (edited for readability)
/* here be dragons and swear words */
/* here be dragons and swear words */
/* Okay, this is totally silly, but it's kind of fun. */
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#linux #kernel #morsecode
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#linux #kernel #morsecode
linux/arch/x86/realmode/rm/wakemain.c at v7.2 · torvalds/linux
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September 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
/* Okay, this is totally silly, but it's kind of fun. */
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#linux #kernel #morsecode
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#linux #kernel #morsecode
/* This is such a bitch, you'd think they would make it easy to do this. Away you daemons of stupidity! */
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#linux #kernel #mips
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#linux #kernel #mips
github.com
September 2, 2026 at 1:33 PM
/* This is such a bitch, you'd think they would make it easy to do this. Away you daemons of stupidity! */
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#linux #kernel #mips
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#linux #kernel #mips
/* My Penguins are burning. Are you able to smell it? */
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#linux #kernel #sparc
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#linux #kernel #sparc
github.com
August 30, 2026 at 2:37 PM
/* My Penguins are burning. Are you able to smell it? */
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#linux #kernel #sparc
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#linux #kernel #sparc
/* just guessing this is someone's birthday.. ;) */
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#linux #kernel #birthday
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#linux #kernel #birthday
github.com
August 26, 2026 at 9:50 AM
/* just guessing this is someone's birthday.. ;) */
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#linux #kernel #birthday
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#linux #kernel #birthday
/* How many end-of-memory variables you have, grandma! */
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#linux #kernel #x86
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#linux #kernel #x86
github.com
August 19, 2026 at 9:49 PM
/* How many end-of-memory variables you have, grandma! */
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#linux #kernel #x86
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#linux #kernel #x86
/* Could sort here, but pun for now. Should not happen anyroads. */
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#linux #kernel #amd
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#linux #kernel #amd
github.com
June 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
/* Could sort here, but pun for now. Should not happen anyroads. */
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#linux #kernel #amd
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#linux #kernel #amd
/* Most the code here is 99.9993422% unused. I hope there are no bugs. But what .. HPFS.IFS has also bugs in ea management. */
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#linux #kernel #hpfs
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#linux #kernel #hpfs
github.com
May 21, 2026 at 6:54 PM
/* Most the code here is 99.9993422% unused. I hope there are no bugs. But what .. HPFS.IFS has also bugs in ea management. */
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#linux #kernel #hpfs
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#linux #kernel #hpfs
/* Only Sun can take such nice parts and fuck up the programming interface like this. Good job guys... */
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#linux #kernel #sun
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#linux #kernel #sun
github.com
May 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM
/* Only Sun can take such nice parts and fuck up the programming interface like this. Good job guys... */
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#linux #kernel #sun
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#linux #kernel #sun
/* Elliptic Curve (Russian) Digital Signature Algorithm for Cryptographic API */
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#linux #kernel #crypto
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#linux #kernel #crypto
github.com
May 2, 2026 at 4:15 PM
/* Elliptic Curve (Russian) Digital Signature Algorithm for Cryptographic API */
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#linux #kernel #crypto
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#linux #kernel #crypto
/* FIXME: If this fails, there seems to be a memory leak. Find it. */
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#linux #kernel #jffs2
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#linux #kernel #jffs2
github.com
May 1, 2026 at 11:21 AM
/* FIXME: If this fails, there seems to be a memory leak. Find it. */
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#linux #kernel #jffs2
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#linux #kernel #jffs2
/* Wirzenius wrote this portably, Torvalds fucked it up :-) */
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#linux #kernel
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#linux #kernel
github.com
April 30, 2026 at 9:17 AM
/* Wirzenius wrote this portably, Torvalds fucked it up :-) */
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#linux #kernel
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#linux #kernel