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Oh no! 🤦‍♂️ (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] tequinhu@lemmy.world 87 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I did this once (for real, but without AI assistance)

[–] Hazzard@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Same, I didn't realize the directory I was deleting had a symlink to some root directory, at least until my mouse stopped working....

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Gnome used to have a link to your homedir in its settings directory.

I imagine plenty of people had tons of fun with that. But you need to modify rm to follow symlinks nowadays.

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