Accidentally typed 'sl' instead of 'ls'? Install this and get a steam locomotive to run across your terminal. - eviltoast

or be boring and alias sl=ls

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    10 days ago

    Someone installed this across our 2500 machine entire fleet back in 2013. I wanted to fucking punch him in the dick, especially during incidents where every second matters.

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      10 days ago

      “Sorry boss, but the text train delayed us 5 seconds and causes us to lose millionsnof dollars” Boss: “The wat?”

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        10 days ago

        In fintech and at scale, you aren’t far off!

        I eventually got the damn thing removed at least.

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      9 days ago

      The point is to make you slow down. Going fast and breaking things worse is not good during an incident.

      If you typed sl and actually pressed enter before confirming what you typed, you deserve what you got

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          9 days ago

          If your reaction to someone telling you to slow down because you’re being reckless by not confirming what you type on the CLI before pressing enter is to smash your keyboard, you should be fired

          And in that case, sl has done its job of removing reckless people from dangerously powerful positions

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        9 days ago

        Nah it was a pretty immature company at the time, just told not to do shit like that anymore.

        Once we ipo’d and put on big boy pants, that would have been at least a reprimand.

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    10 days ago

    If we’re sharing silly useless projects, I quite like “activate linux”, the configurable watermark inspired by “Activate Windows”.
    It’s unfortunately not a strictly terminal based goof, but wanted to share anyway.

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      9 days ago

      This isn’t useless. It serves a purpose.

      It’s for interns who fat finger commands to force them to slow down and be more intentional and verify their commands before pressing enter.

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    9 days ago

    So I installed this way back in the day on my prod corporate VMs. I was still green, and any prod issues would shake me so much, it was too stressful.

    I taught myself to relax when the locomotive pops up, take a few deep breaths and go on.

    It was super effective. I learned to not get so flustered, and stopped messing commands due to adrenaline. I no longer install it anywhere, but it still puts a smile and a wave of nostalgia when I see or hear about it.

    Such a small thing, yet it helped me grow so much.

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    9 days ago

    Not a mistake but a fun reminder that the terminal can be a very fun place!

     fortune | cowsay -f stimpy
     _________________________________________
    / Poverty Jet Set:                        \
    |                                         |
    | A group of people given to chronic      |
    | traveling at the expense of long-term   |
    | job stability or a permanent residence. |
    | Tend to have doomed and extremely       |
    | expensive phone-call relationships with |
    | people named Serge or Ilyana. Tend to   |
    | discuss frequent-flyer programs at      |
    | parties.                                |
    |                                         |
    | -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X:     |
    | Tales for an Accelerated                |
    |                                         |
    \ Culture"                                /
     -----------------------------------------
      \     .    _  .    
       \    |\_|/__/|    
           / / \/ \  \  
          /__|O||O|__ \ 
         |/_ \_/\_/ _\ |  
         | | (____) | ||  
         \/\___/\__/  // 
         (_/         ||
          |          ||
          |          ||\   
           \        //_/  
            \______//
           __ || __||
          (____(____)