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By the time you're 35, you should have successfully done following at least…
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@nixCraft 3. I did drop HDDs, but none died. One fell on concrete from a height…
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@nixCraft I didn't get root privileges on a Unix (like) box until I was abo…
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@nixCraft 7, in production, about 25 years ago.All the others were just Tuesday…
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@nixCraft all of them except 5... But I still have time. :D
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@nixCraft ::pumps fist:: 4/7 woohoooooo
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@nixCraft all done ✅
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@nixCraft I think I'd done all of these before I was 21...
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@nixCraft 1 (by curiosity), 4 and 6 (several times, but only for personal proje…
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@nixCraft I did aget /lib/libc.soonce, using ftp from an x86 system to an arm s…
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@nixCraft Also 8. Wearing a thick polyester (? - well, not cotton anyway) long …
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@nixCraft #6 and #7 lots 😅
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@nixCraft Not bad! I scored 5/7
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@nixCraft Yup. All of them.
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@nixCraft I can add "/etc/init.d/network stop && seep 10 &&amp…
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Does `rm -rf /usr/bin` count? Did that in the first week of my first real job a…
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@nixCraft The only one I didn't do was 6 😩
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@nixCraftI installed openVPN on my Pi running PiHole, completely blocking it. A…
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@nixCraft I guess I'm a late bloomer, then. Is 40 too late?
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@nixCraft All except 3 and 5.I actually make backups from important data.4 was …
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@nixCraft 7. ALL THE F*IN TIME. Meanwhile I do BEGIN subconsciously first.
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@nixCraft Mhmh.. strangely I never did the rm -rf / thing.But I'm good at d…
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@nixCraft I can tick all those except 3 and 7. Dam, I'm a failure—must t…
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@nixCraft My favorite “uh oh” was sudo chmod -R a-rwx /*
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@nixCraft 😅 Bingo!
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@nixCraft Let's check it.1. Similar: rm -rf "a very important director…
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@nixCraft 1. sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root2. kubectl delete namespace (not me,…
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@nixCraft It was a really nice morning so far, thanks for the war flashbacks �…
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@nixCraft Fuck, I am 40+.And I am still missing the first three...
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@nixCraft at 541 fail2 check3 fail4 check5 check6 check - but intentionally: co…
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@nixCraft 1. no! I should try it someday2. kinda: I shut down a machine at home…
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@nixCraft didn't do no 3 and 4 yet
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@nixCraft done or witnessed all of them.Best one was trying to explain how FTP …
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@nixCraft I'm over 35 and scored 7/7. These days #1 is a lot harder on Linu…
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@nixCraft 4, 6 and 7 are the ones I remember
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@nixCraft I *think* I've done #2, but I'm not really sure. All else I&#…
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@nixCraft I will do the first once I get another machine 💯
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@nixCraft isn't 6 what we do every 6 months?
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@h3net @nixCraft I did it to a demo DB - via triggers, I think (first job), we …
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@nixCraft All of them! But some of them were only by accident 😋
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@nixCraft * without a Where clause Does this count ?
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@nixCraft Never did 3, and can't remember if I ever did 5 or 7.And 1 was in…
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@nixCraft ah, that 7. one got me hard oncedidn't even notice that I deleted…
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@nixCraft 7. Still brings a chill to my spine. I never pretended to be a sql pe…
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@nixCraft I think I did all of these, with apologies to @pavi for #3 😅
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@nixCraft @enobacon *old man shakes fist at clouds* kids these days have it so …
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@nixCraft yes to all. 5 for me on verified. Lessons learned.
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@nixCraft damn it, missed #7 and it looks like it’s too late now…
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@nixCraft @enobacon i definitely have my “famous failures” list. But is it …
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@nixCraft 6/7 in my 20s. Where do I sign up? (Or 7/7 if dd if=/dev/random of=/d…
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@nixCraft >35 and hit all but the first.
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@nixCraft only the last 4 I think. Fortunately I'm the case of the final on…
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@nixCraft for 1 you have to be very old. Without --no-preserve-root it does not…
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@nixCraft What if I’m 45 and I’ve successfully done 6 out 7 items of your l…
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@nixCraft, I'll raise my hand to > 50% of those :-P
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@nixCraft I’m guilty of 2 (rebooted entire hyper-v node instead of vm), 4 (fo…
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@nixCraft "successfully" you say
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@nixCraft 2, 3, 4, 7…
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@nixCraft Achieved all but the first, but I still got 2 years 😂
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@nixCraft 8. Hit the emergency power off switch in a DC by accident... The sudd…
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@nixCraftMissing 1 and 7 but working on it, 2 years left 🤞
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@thilo @nixCraft I once attempted to replace libc from a tarball by running tar…
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@nixCraft 25 years in business (Windows)1-no2-who hasn't?3-no, the sh*t was…
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@nixCraft "35"? Oh, my sweet summer child.
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@nixCraft am 22 and I think I have done some few of that
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@nixCraft All the above, and worse!
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If you like this maybe you could enjoy reading my blog post and over 600+ comme…
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@nixCraft I got a version of 3. Yes, I dropped one, but it survived.I always ca…
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@nixCraft regarding #1#!/bin/bashcd /tmp/somedirfind . -mtime +3d -exec rm -f {…
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@nixCraft 5 was something I had to deal with earlier in my IT career when compa…
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@nixCraft I might have possibly introduced a vm server to the office network th…
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@nixCraft Off by 1. Ive Never done a rm -rf
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@nixCraft How not to delete a debootstrap installation:[email protected]> r…
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@nixCraft don't think I've dropped a CPU or HDD and got permanent damag…
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@nixCraft 1 ❌2 ✅3 ❌4 ❌5 ✅6 ✅7 ✅8 Pulled the wrong cable and shut …
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@nixCraft for 7 does the entirely forgotten where clause count, or is that a se…
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@nixCraft Having #5 is cheating, since almost nobody has a backup. Even less ch…
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@nixCraftI'm 33 and you are 100% correct! 😁
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@nixCraft Done all of them except #1 and I'm 19.
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@nixCraft I read somewhere that 1 is very dangerous on modern uefi computers, b…
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@nixCraft I've locked myself out of a server after changing firewall rules …
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@nixCraft im 32, 7/7
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@nixCraft Addition/alternative to 4.: Changing S3 bucket policy instantly block…
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@nixCraft The only one I am missing is number 6 because I can't commit when…
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@nixCraft seems im late to the party
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@nixCraft ✅ 2. I'll never forget when I accidentally typed 'systemctl…
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@nixCraft 7/7 I feel like I real Sr. Admin now.
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@nixCraft at my last job, one of the server wasn't rebooted since before I …
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@nixcraftAlmost there, but only 5 and 6 so far (and maybe 7?), my kid already m…
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@nixCraft all of those sound familiar... also, have you ever deleted a cloudfor…
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@nixCraft as long as you already added your code to the source control, you may…
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@nixCraft my favourite one is someone saying that they were removing core dumps…
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@nixCraft rm -rf / home/olduserLearn from my mistakes and double-check your spa…
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@nixCraft Full Points on the checklist.
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@nixCraft I once updated a database in the wrong server, does that count?
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@nixCraft For number 7 we have an already classic song in Spanish that goes &qu…
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@nixCraft I avoided the full set by re-reading the deadly SQL 3 times. My best …
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1. No2. Yes3. No4. No5. Yes6. Yes7. Yeshttps://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/113088…
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@nixCraft I have done literally all of these. 😞
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@nixCraft 😂 I recently killed multiple databases, good thing I have an auto …
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@nixCraft @jpmens long time ago. I rolled out a faulty firewall update in produ…
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@nixCraft I never install the french libraries, so I’ve never had to remove t…
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@nixCraft rsync target mismatch 🎯
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@nixCraft 28 yo and I done everyting, feeling old...
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@nixCraft I haven’t done the firewall one, but I have applied a Windows Group…
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@nixCraftBy the time I was 35 I had done most of those things but my favorite w…
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@nixCraft Number 5 is not like the others... not a mistake at all
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@nixCraft 1. on purpose to test, 3 .. nope sorry .. that never happened .. , …
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