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[–] 209 points 2 years ago (7 children)
  • [–] 88 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Great. It's learned how to be snarky.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Microsoft's copilot takes offense like a little bitch and ends the conversation if you call it useless. even though it's a fact.

    the fucker can't do simple algebra but it gets offended when you insult it for not doing something fucking calculators do.

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  • [–] 61 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Should only be used with extreme caution and if you know what you are doing.

    Ok. What is the actual use case for “rm -rf /“ even if you know what you are doing and using extreme caution? If you want to wipe a disk, there are better ways to do it, and you certainly wouldn’t want that disk mounted on / when you do it, right?

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  • [–] 79 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There probably isn't one and there really doesn't have to be one. The ability to do it is a side effect of the versatility of the command.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago

    None. Remember that the response is AI generated. It's probabilistically created from people's writings. There are strong relations between that command and other 'dangerous commands.' Writings about 'dangerous commands ' oft contain something about how they should 'only be run by someone who knows what they are doing' so the response does too.

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  • [+] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Correct me if im wrong, i assume switch "-rf" is short for "Root File", for the starting point of recursion

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    TWRP has an option "use rm -rf instead of formatting".

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Set up a remote access system on client/customer machines for tech support. When a customer doesn't pay, and notices have been sent and not replied to, and they won't answer your calls: this, on all their machines with past due payments.

    Then when they call you in a panic, give them the same kindness and respect that they have given to you, down to the number of days since contact was stopped. Gotta twist that knife for maximum effectiveness. Then and only then should you consider answering their cries of agony.

    (now I've never had a client payment issue, usually it's quite some time before they need my assistance again so I take payment in full at completion, not tabs/payment plans; but hypothetically...)

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