Matthew Garrett
I briefly appear in this video about why rm -rf / is even possible and why efivarfs (which is my fault) turned this from merely destroying operating systems to bricking motherboards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iwvu0uozhs
The Most Dangerous Linux Command Explained

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Show threadResunaMar 10

@mjg59

#34315 +(695)- [X]
<m0zzie> ok do this exactly without the quotes: "rm -rf /home" then do "shutdown -h now"
<murder`> k sweet man thx!!
[n] Quit [murder`]-[Read error: Connection reset by peer]
<m0zzie> I'm a bastard.

Show threadBruce ElrickMar 10
@mjg59
If you hadn't mentioned efivarfs I would have seen the thumbnail and ignored it since rm - rf / is old news and I would assume it's a video I would find boring.
Show threadJon WilsonMar 11

@mjg59 is that a bottle of Bucky on the shelf? Classy 😀

An appropriate drink for when you've just trashed your filesystem and BIOS at the same time.

Show threadMatthew GarrettMar 11
@bassthang No, it's *half* a bottle of Buckfast
Show threadanyMouseMar 13
@mjg59 <rant> It's crazy to me that everyone, including production houses with insane budgets and literal broadcast studios still just go "Yeah, let's just directly splice in recording of a zoom call, no one's gonna notice that the bitrate is like 3kbps and there are three layers of aggressive noise-gating and noise reduction on top of a low-snr signal" instead of at the very least asking the interviewee to at the same time record themselves locally with a phone. </rant>