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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 | |
| Post #AliQCYD7xv2mj75DLE by [email protected] | |
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| @nixCraft all done ✅ | |
| Post #AliQKlcvy57qeY4VjU by [email protected] | |
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| @nixCraft I think I'd done all of these before I was 21... | |
| Post #AliQYNUyTQFTsGq4VE by [email protected] | |
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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 … | |
| Post #AliRd6z9OfWI3rm5Oi by [email protected] | |
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| @nixCraft #6 and #7 lots 😅 | |
| Post #AliRlotq0a82ZlRT5U by [email protected] | |
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| @nixCraft Not bad! I scored 5/7 | |
| Post #AliRsLnoaaxGMMjsQa by [email protected] | |
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| @nixCraft Yup. All of them. | |
| Post #AliSJ837pZXpWYfXl2 by [email protected] | |
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| @nixCraft I can add "/etc/init.d/network stop && seep 10 &&… | |
| Post #AliSMD5XYJxu1MGfXU by [email protected] | |
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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? | |
| Post #AliTxcr8oMzKbgwCsC by [email protected] | |
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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 /* | |
| Post #AliVYduxvWjYZIwRdo by [email protected] | |
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| @nixCraft 😅 Bingo! | |
| Post #AliVbpSRThZ9EB7Sfg by [email protected] | |
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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 ? | |
| Post #AlieTGcY15TaSAq2KW by [email protected] | |
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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 😂 | |
| Post #Alip5hj6gY2F4AsChs by [email protected] | |
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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 | |
| Post #AliyUPtZ1B1cafcgpU by [email protected] | |
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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! 😁 | |
| Post #Alj1eYB3NcH52FKMK0 by [email protected] | |
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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… | |
| Post #AlkN3yeCOV8QZ8sy4e by [email protected] | |
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| @nixCraft I have done literally all of these. 😞 | |
| Post #AlkPOWWGMtqnJm6AwS by [email protected] | |
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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 🎯 | |
| Post #AlnFYiG5A52KYQd7JY by [email protected] | |
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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 .. , … |