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Bluesky post by user @magnusbeefcastle.bsky.social that reads,

I INSTALLED “LINUX”. BECAUSE WINDOWS IS FOR MEN WHO ASK PERMISSION TO EXIST. I CRUSHED THE INSTALLER WITH MY BARE HANDS AND NOW THE TERMINAL CALLS ME “SIR” BUT MY KERNEL KEEPS PANICKING. WHAT COMMAND MAKES THE COMPUTER SUBMIT COMPLETELY? I REFUSE TO GOOGLE

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~Yes, all of this user’s posts are like this.~

  • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
    10·
    10 hours ago

    What’s the looping command? It’s a bunch of symbols.

    Edit: the fork bomb. TY commenters

      • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
        34·
        11 hours ago
        :() {      # define a function named ":".
 :         # run the function named ":"
   | :     # pass the output to the function named ":"
       &   # run this line in the background.
};         # end of definition
    :      # call the function ":".

        in case anyone was curious.

        • rbos@lemmy.caEnglish
          9·
          10 hours ago

          If you replace : with “loop” it becomes pretty clear. The only ‘weird’ thing is using punctuation as a function name.

          • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
            11·
            10 hours ago

            it’s not just looping; every instance starts two instances of itself waiting for input. it’s basically doing

            async def fork(): 
    f = fork()
    await fork(await f)

            …except python doesn’t start the second call until its arguments are evaluated, while shell does.

    • megopie@beehaw.orgEnglish
      3·
      11 hours ago

      Recursively force delete the listed directory, so not just delete the directory, but go through anything below and delete that too, and the / is the root directory. So it deletes everything.