Many Linux developers and sysadmins don't know this, but a secret code can unlock your cloud server resources and boost server performance by 5x. All you have to do is type the following as root user:

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@nixCraft ok now I'm curious what this does but I'm NOT going to try lol

wild guess; it starts an infinite amount of infinite loop processes or something

@bazkie @nixCraft It starts processes that start processes until your server crashes
@oceane @nixCraft thanks! I guess I got somewhat close with my guess!