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Strange to make such a point based on what you expect to happen when clicking on the link would immediately show the opposite to be the case. But I guess you didn’t need to do that bc you already “knew” the swear words would fall?





It seems like absolute count of occurrences, not normalized to codebase size.

Even more informative would be to plot the occurance rate within new code.


OKR for H2: Increase edginess of Linux for a less corporate feel

Key result: Boost occurrence of swearwords by 20%

Key result: Create a new metric that tracks relative swearword use per line YoY

Key result: Attract at least 100 comments on HN or Reddit about the new code


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