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Did I ever tell you about that one time I needed to reinstall LinuxPPC, and I was going to wipe the drive anyway, so before I rebooted into the installer I tried running `rm -rf *` as root, just to see what would happen?
As I remember, it got as far as like /dev, and then it somehow deleted something that instantly made the system incapable of deleting files, and halted. After that I was able to cd around the system but VERY little worked
When I was little, they told me not to rm -rf *. So once, when I was 15, I did
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Did I ever tell you about that one time I needed to reinstall LinuxPPC, and I was going to wipe the drive anyway, so before I rebooted into the installer I tried running `rm -rf *` as root, just to see what would happen?
As I remember, it got as far as like /dev, and then it somehow deleted something that instantly made the system incapable of deleting files, and halted. After that I was able to cd around the system but VERY little worked
@mcc That reminds me of how, when EFI was first becoming widely used, people discovered the hard way that
rm -rf */could now not only break your install, but brick your entire computer:https://www.theregister.com/2016/02/02/delete_efivars_linux/
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@mcc That reminds me of how, when EFI was first becoming widely used, people discovered the hard way that
rm -rf */could now not only break your install, but brick your entire computer:https://www.theregister.com/2016/02/02/delete_efivars_linux/
@rachelplusplus *terrified squeaking noise*
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@rachelplusplus *terrified squeaking noise*
@mcc @rachelplusplus vendors putting critical data in UEFI vars ftl
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Did I ever tell you about that one time I needed to reinstall LinuxPPC, and I was going to wipe the drive anyway, so before I rebooted into the installer I tried running `rm -rf *` as root, just to see what would happen?
As I remember, it got as far as like /dev, and then it somehow deleted something that instantly made the system incapable of deleting files, and halted. After that I was able to cd around the system but VERY little worked
@mcc I've never done that, but I did once do
cd /lib; rm -rf modules/2.4.12/ *
(including the accidental space). That was fun, while my system curled up and died.
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@rachelplusplus *terrified squeaking noise*
@mcc @rachelplusplus IIRC some Samsung laptops could get bricked by writing too much data to the EFI variable area (which easily happened with Linux kernel crashes, but could also happen from Windows).
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@mcc I've never done that, but I did once do
cd /lib; rm -rf modules/2.4.12/ *
(including the accidental space). That was fun, while my system curled up and died.
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When I was little, they told me not to rm -rf *. So once, when I was 15, I did
@mcc how many files did it delete? 100? 1000? 216?
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When I was little, they told me not to rm -rf *. So once, when I was 15, I did
@mcc We all make mistakes as kids, the trick is making them outside our home directories. /mates/good/forest was a personal favourite, surprisingly easy to revert a rm -rf * the next morning.
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Did I ever tell you about that one time I needed to reinstall LinuxPPC, and I was going to wipe the drive anyway, so before I rebooted into the installer I tried running `rm -rf *` as root, just to see what would happen?
As I remember, it got as far as like /dev, and then it somehow deleted something that instantly made the system incapable of deleting files, and halted. After that I was able to cd around the system but VERY little worked
@mcc i don't think it's quite how it works, but it would be so fucking funny if it was the deletion of rm itself that caused rm to stop delete stuff
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@mcc That reminds me of how, when EFI was first becoming widely used, people discovered the hard way that
rm -rf */could now not only break your install, but brick your entire computer:https://www.theregister.com/2016/02/02/delete_efivars_linux/
@rachelplusplus @mcc The github issue linked in the El Reg article didn't exactly cover systemd folks in glory.
Report:
"hey, systemd has an unsafe default that can cause bricking of certain [bad] hardware"Pottering [paraphrased]:
"don't care, I'm sad cuz some people got mad at systemd, fuck off" -
Did I ever tell you about that one time I needed to reinstall LinuxPPC, and I was going to wipe the drive anyway, so before I rebooted into the installer I tried running `rm -rf *` as root, just to see what would happen?
As I remember, it got as far as like /dev, and then it somehow deleted something that instantly made the system incapable of deleting files, and halted. After that I was able to cd around the system but VERY little worked
@mcc I did something similar but on Windows when I was about 15. It was a system I was going to reformat anyway (funnily enough to install Linux on it). Instead of deleting files I opened the registry editor and started deleting things randomly. Most things kept working, but eventually I managed to delete whatever associated exe files with the program loader. You couldn't start any programs anymore, whenever you tried you'd just get the "what program do you want to open this file with" dialog.
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@mcc i don't think it's quite how it works, but it would be so fucking funny if it was the deletion of rm itself that caused rm to stop delete stuff
@frikinin i… honestly… you know what… i think that might have literally happened. that wouldn't happen on most linuces but early linuxppc was a weird creature
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@mcc "this is not a post of honor. No highly esteemed ricing is commemorated here. [...] The danger is to the file system and it can brick."
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When I was little, they told me not to rm -rf *. So once, when I was 15, I did
@mcc My coworker at a former job once deleted our university PC lab's whole software collection using `rm -rf /` on a PC he wanted to reinstall... the software was mounted from a central server via NFS and writable by accident
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Did I ever tell you about that one time I needed to reinstall LinuxPPC, and I was going to wipe the drive anyway, so before I rebooted into the installer I tried running `rm -rf *` as root, just to see what would happen?
As I remember, it got as far as like /dev, and then it somehow deleted something that instantly made the system incapable of deleting files, and halted. After that I was able to cd around the system but VERY little worked
@mcc I did this to a freebsd box I was getting ready to reinstall on. it was fun watching everything go away until it just, stopped.
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@mcc My coworker at a former job once deleted our university PC lab's whole software collection using `rm -rf /` on a PC he wanted to reinstall... the software was mounted from a central server via NFS and writable by accident
@neocturne@chaos.social1 @mcc
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When I was little, they told me not to rm -rf *. So once, when I was 15, I did
@mcc 8:19pm. Restate assumptions.
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@mcc I like the fact that the X11 session still works in those circumstances
Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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Tiro fuori questo sondaggio da una discussione che si stava avendo su un altro thread. La mia risposta (ma perché non si può votare ai proprî sondaggi?) sarebbe «Sí, sub conditione», ed inviterei chi vota per questa opzione di spiegare le condizioni.
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#sondaggione di Febbraio. Vorreste essere immortali?
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@stefano 🤣
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@hattifattener nothing so fanciful. everyone just realized all at once that this was all very silly and we'd all live better and be happier if we just looked out for one another
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Almost 22 years have passed since this photo was taken, in my university-era bedroom.
I had already graduated and I was doing things I truly enjoyed.
I was about to move out, even though nobody knew it (I was taking notes on my Palm about what to pack, but messiness was the norm, so no one got suspicious). I also had a slightly swollen gum, so I was smiling without showing my teeth, and I had mouthwash on the desk.
And that smile was one of mysterious satisfaction, anticipating what was about to happen soon.Perhaps the most enigmatic Italian smile since the Mona Lisa.
#ThrowBack #Memories #Past #Selfie #iMac #Sony #iMacG3 #SouthPark #Palm
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@eniko 💯 agreed
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Update: Epstein and Thiel discussing advice for Donald Trump in August of 2016 on what to say regarding Trump's refusal to release his tax returns.
This looks like two close friends concerned for their pal Donny.
Source: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00822185.pdf
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@ju @oblomov @matz @stefano_zan È anche umano penso.
Mi è sempre piaciuta questa Bustina di Eco in cui racconta di essersi sorpreso della banalità di un’osservazione di Ervin Goffmann, un sociologo statunitense che lui ammirava, che gli disse che nelle città circolavano troppe automobili.
