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And what's the Internet without the rick-roll?
— Linus Torvalds
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "And what's the Internet without the rick-roll?" in the context of "(2008-03-31), Redhat Bugzilla Bug 439858: swf mozilla plugin - no youtube" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Linus Torvalds" (Quotes, 2000s, 2008)
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About Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.
About Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.
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