herriott101
nixCraft 🐧Patch submitted to the #Linux kernel by a four-year-old girl🤠
Pixel Dunn@nixCraft the what?
RiderExMachina 
@hacknorris @nixCraft
The final "s" in "parameters" did not have a dash under it, so she put in a patch that added one more dash.
The final "s" in "parameters" did not have a dash under it, so she put in a patch that added one more dash.
@riderexmachina i know but anyway… 4 year old knows how to read…
@hacknorris
My brother could read at 2. It's not common, but it happens
My brother could read at 2. It's not common, but it happens
Weasel@riderexmachina @hacknorris
My kindergarten teachers were annoyed with my mother because I could already read when I got there.
My kindergarten teachers were annoyed with my mother because I could already read when I got there.
Zekovski 🧣@Zekovski @riderexmachina she literally said that "s" letter is sad, so well…
meejah@Zekovski @hacknorris @riderexmachina Looks like she's already getting an early education in "well-actually" unfortunately
just adrienne
Peter Hebden@hacknorris @Zekovski @riderexmachina I'm pretty sure the content in square brackets was added by the aunt for clarity, indicating that the child didn't necessarily know it was an "s"
OpenDNA⚙️@hacknorris @riderexmachina Normal distribution strikes again.
Shauna GM@hacknorris @riderexmachina My sister was reading at 3. It's rare, but kids can read that young.
Sabrina Web 
📎@hacknorris @riderexmachina I don't remember how old I was when I learned, but the first day of school I could read perfectly. However, you don't have to be able to read to note that a letter isn't underlined
Kris Hyre@nixCraft will she be attending the CRB to discuss this?
Curtis McHale@nixCraft Love that.
Michael Potts (HMHackMaster)@nixCraft Had to track down the commit 😂
Conor Nash@hmhackmaster @nixCraft thank you, this makes the change so much clearer
making a racket@hmhackmaster Judging from the dates this four year old contributor is now a teenager, or will be by the end of the year if she's not already. I wonder if she's expressed any further interest in tech!
@nixCraft @geerlingguy Look what hobbyists did :-)
Lev Petrovitch
Marc Haber@levpetrovitch @nixCraft "had first patch accepted to the Linux kernel at the age of 4"?
@Zugschlus
Something like that, yes.
TahomaSoft@levpetrovitch @Zugschlus @nixCraft Excellent! I would be proud to have that on my resume. At any age!
Spuds@levpetrovitch @nixCraft when you can say, at age 18, that you have 14 years experience of kernal development....
Mayor of Nerdocrumbesia 🏡@Spuds @levpetrovitch @nixCraft
Yeah, she's not gonna have a problem with "this is an entry-level position that requires 10 years experience with a product that was only release 2 years ago."
Mekuso@nixCraft Most wholesome commit I've seen in a while
agatha 
@nixCraft best patch
Kevin Karhan 
@nixCraft now I feel talentless and underskilled.
MagicLike 🏳️🌈
hacknsec@nixCraft Awesome! 🙂
RevK 
@nixCraft now that is proper “open” source, well done.
potpie@nixCraft "Finally!" -s
Samantaz Fox@nixCraft That's so wholesome ^^
karttu@nixCraft Alt text says "help from her aunt". Tero Roponen is more likely her uncle. Nevertheless, well done Maisa!
Elosha@nixCraft Now she‘s part of the Linux project – how many people can claim that 😸
Marie@nixCraft this is so cute 🥹
François Houste@nixCraft
Ce qui est de loin la plus belle histoire que j'aurai lue aujourd'hui. :-)
Ce qui est de loin la plus belle histoire que j'aurai lue aujourd'hui. :-)
Trit’
Gary T. Giesen@nixCraft Thank you for highlighting my failures as a father to 4 and 5 year old girls 😀
ADHDeanASL@nixCraft Twenty years later, Maisa writes the patch that prevents the Singularity
@adhdeanasl @nixCraft She would be 13, now, since it was submitted in November 2014, almost 9 years ago.
@TritTriton @nixCraft Damn, that means the Singularity is only 11 years away
Rachael Ava 💁🏻♀️@nixCraft This is the magic of free and open source software that we in the FOSS community love to see. 
Leo 
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Insane 
Sinnamon (despicable arc 😈)
KnuppelBeer 🐻
David Zaslavsky@nixCraft I especially love that Tero took the approach of "you can do this yourself" rather than "I'll do it for you"... Not that there's anything wrong with the latter, but it was an excellent opportunity to teach the lesson that #opensource is (or, should be) truly open for all sorts of people to contribute to, and I like that the opportunity did not go to waste.
ArdentArchivistBloody love it. Somebody send her a t-shirt; you’re never too young to start collecting nerdgear!
erroddy@nixCraft these are the people that are 24 and have 20 years of experience lol
Kenneth@nixCraft Good show.
ElBe@nixCraft I wish I was able to do that at that age...
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