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Show threadJP
@feliks 🧠 Stopped thinking
May 25 at 3:22pmTusky
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Show threadamyMay 25
@feliks ai is the future
Show threadKoldiniumMay 25
@feliks stopped thinking
Show threadAkseli β€‹ May 25
@feliks stopped thinking indeed
Show threadsirlan <( o brasil Γ© soberano )May 25
@aks @feliks it didn't even start thinking tbh
Show threadFlo                         🐈May 25
@feliks I accidentally created a '~' directory some time in the past
Show threadRachael Ava πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈMay 25
@flo @feliks Same here. I think I ended up using a GUI file manager to get rid of it. 
Show threadsotolfMay 26
@RachaelAva1024 @flo @feliks tab completion is your friend there :)
Show threadFlo                         🐈May 26
@sotolf @RachaelAva1024 @feliks and if you press it twice you get an cheering CLI 'ls \~/'
Show threadPaul Marques MotaMay 26
@flo @feliks I created $HOME. Then I learnt the difference between rm -rf "$HOME" and rm -rf '$HOME' πŸ˜…
Show threadDiane BruceMay 25
@feliks ow
Show threadBastian Greshake TzovarasMay 25
@feliks "stopped thinking" feels like an appropriate label there 🀣
Show threadVirginicusMay 25
@gedankenstuecke @feliks I’m glad it stopped thinking.
Show thread0xC0DEC0DE07E9May 25
@feliks β€œif you thought for 2 seconds…”
Show threadfeldMay 25
@feliks it doesn't respond with emojis
Show threadJPMay 25
@feliks 🧠 Stopped thinking
Show threadJoe AlexanderMay 25

@feliks how do you delete that directory

EDIT: Just reply without realizing that your reply is below.

Show threadculpaplexMay 25

@joe @feliks rm -i -r ./\~ to be extra extra safe. If you trust your backups, you can chance rm -r \~

I would probably first change into it, delete everything in it, back out, and rmdir \~ it.

Show threadJoe AlexanderMay 25
@hp @feliks Would I need that for this website, it probably doesn't have access to the home directory
Show threadculpaplexMay 25
@joe @feliks I get the feeling I'm missing something. >.>
Show threadHans Ulrich NiedermannMay 26

@hp @joe @feliks Why not rename the literal ~ directory to something normal first, and then deal with it as you would deal with any normal directory?

That should just about eliminate the chances for a catastrophic result a typing mistake can have in any destructive command.

Show threadculpaplexMay 26
@ndim @joe @feliks That's cheating
Show threadsylvieJul 4

@hp @joe no need to be "extra safe", in any competently made software tilde expansion only happens at the start of a path, and any form of quoting will prevent it, so any of these will do just fine:
rm -r ./~
rm -r '~'
rm -r \~
rm -r "~"
if you insist on being extra safe you can rename the directory to not contain a tilde

also damn tilde expansion is cool i didnt know you could write ~+ to get PWD or ~- to get OLDPWD

Show threadculpaplexJul 4

@sylvie While that is correct, you left out one "extra" in "extra extra safe" which along with several redundant failsafes in the command was there specifically to provide mental peace to people like me who for some reason the thought of wagering the entirety of their personal data on their software being made competently might make a little anxious.

Oh, and ~+ and ~- are not POSIX, don't use them in /bin/sh scripts.

Show threadsylvieJul 4
@hp i dont think ill really have a reason to use them in a shell script anyway, i thought $OLDPWD was a convenience feature for /interactive/ use
Show threadFoxoBread May 25
@joe @feliks
rmdir '~'
Show threadpuppygirl (they/them) May 25
@fox @joe @feliks or ./~ I suppose?
Show threadSlash909ukMay 25
@joe @feliks
Quote it:
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Tilde-Expansion.html
Tilde Expansion (Bash Reference Manual)

Tilde Expansion (Bash Reference Manual)

Show threadVincent SparksMay 26

@joe @feliks

$ python3
>>> import os
>>> os.rmdir('~') # Python does not expand ~ unless explicitly instructed to

Show threadFoxoBread May 26
@AVincentInSpace
It's not that Python doesn't follow the alias. You're calling os.rmdir(),
Which just tells Python to ask the operating system to remove a directory by the explicit name of ~ on its behalf. 
Show threadirina πŸ‡πŸŒ·May 26
@joe @feliks open file browser - right click - delete
Show threadAdrianoMay 25
@feliks Yeah I too stopped thinking right there after two seconds
Show threadHein RagasMay 25
@feliks "Stopped thinking" indeed...
Show threadAaronMay 25
@feliks Clearly, the singularity has begun
Show threadSteve's PlaceMay 25
@hosford42 @feliks "All of the AI bots took note, quickly applying their new knowledge, and triggering what is known today as 'The era of cascading deletions.'" - from the future masterpiece, "A Child's Garden of Mistakes"
Show threadOzzelotMay 25
@feliks
Woofff.
Show threadRemi  May 25

@feliks

Stopped thinking? It never started

Show thread0x addressed friend  0xa7c9110 (CYBERSLAG)May 25

@feliks Stopped thinking

me too

Show threaddasgrueneblattMay 25
@feliks 
Show threadMarcoMay 25
@feliks I guess theyβ€˜re ready to take over now?
Show threadPseudo NymMay 25

@feliks

I can hope, and even believe this might be satire, but it's 50/50 really.

If it is, it's pitch perfect. No notes.

Show threadJamie GaskinsMay 25
@feliks Same
Show threadMFW DeadlinesMay 25

@feliks

thought for 2 secondsSaaame

Show threadAGRO TURBO SATAN πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡ΏπŸ‘ƒπŸ’¨May 25

@feliks 🧠 Stopped thinking

relatable

Show threadPxl PhileMay 25
@feliks how to delete others toots
Show threadJennyFluff May 25
@feliks vibe sysadmining
Show threadAI6YR BenMay 25
@JennyFluff @feliks lol
Show threadKevin Karhan May 25
@ai6yr @JennyFluff @feliks rofl even
Show threadMieszko ŚlusarczykMay 25
@feliks No ChatGPT, you should do sudo rm -rf / first
Show threadstony karkMay 25
@feliks omg yes
Show threadsergio_101May 25

@feliks

Running teams of junior devs for lots of years, I should probably write up a contingency plan for this.

Show threadAI6YR BenMay 25
@sergio_101 @feliks 😬
Show threadYsegrimMay 25

@sergio_101 @feliks Reminds me of the time when a filer ran out of space, and my manager wrote to the junior sysadmin that he should delete the directory of a former colleague after copying it to another (slower) filer.

And the next morning, that admin apologized for having missed the part after "after" because of an unlucky line break ...

Show threadAI6YR BenMay 25
@feliks oh my.
Show threadenthraxxxMay 25
@feliks CC @gPiak & @nith0u
Show threadenthraxxxMay 25
@feliks Kids, don't try this at home!
Show threadThomas MayerMay 25
@feliks
Read mail really fast.
Show threadLiquidParasyteMay 25
"Eventually, the chatbot stopped thinking."
Show threadStuart MarksMay 25

@feliks Reminds me of the time I had a file named foo.txt whose contents were

foo.txt: file not found

I wanted to find out what was in this file so I typed β€œcat foo.txt” and got myself mighty confused for a little while.

Show threadNils 'Kojote' HitzeMay 26
@stuartmarks @feliks we've all been there
Show threadSarah Peper πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈMay 25
@feliks I got a shot of adrenaline just reading that last line...