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[-] moriquende@lemmy.world 216 points 11 months ago

To he fair, it is removing the french language pack (if installed).

[-] PeWu@lemmy.ml 83 points 11 months ago

Well, technically yeah. But at what cost?

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 54 points 11 months ago

I removed the French language pack

What did it cost you?

Everything

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

None. Just profit.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 103 points 11 months ago

I just se saved 206 GiB on my drive. Thanks!

Who knew the funny diacritics used so much storage?

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 76 points 11 months ago

sudo rm -fr /* is short for sudo rm --for-real /*

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 70 points 11 months ago

Super-do real-magic --for-real /* (<- that's a magic wand)

[-] biestander@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 11 months ago
[-] havokdj@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Su means substitute user, not super user

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[-] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 18 points 11 months ago

Remember that AI answer that said that adding -f option was to get a confirmation before deletion ?

I'm a bit concerned that this kind of meme will get a lot more real when people will blindly trust AI for commands.

Unfortunately I couldn't find the post in question but if I recall it was GitHub AI telling boldly that you can add -f to your RM command to get a confirmation...

Read the man people. RTFM is still a good advice.

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago

I mean.
People have been saying "press alt F4 to change your IRC nick" or whatever for several decades

[-] tuhriel@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 11 months ago

And didn't make an IOS upgrade back in the days the iPhone waterproof? And another one enabled fast charging in the microwave oven...

[-] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

The fact that manufacturers feel the need to put warnings that encompass this kind of stupidity on their product tells you all you need to know, doesn't it.

Wasn't there a woman who tried to dry her little dog in the microwave, sued the company and won, because they never explicitely stated not to put live animals in there?

I hope that story isn't true, but most warning labels exist for a reason, and that reason isn't common sense.

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[-] phx@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

-force -recursive but I like the way you think

[-] handsatinizer@lemm.ee 58 points 11 months ago

don't forget no-preserve-root to remove all the roots and prevent it from reinstalled

[-] Gryxx@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

since it affects /* and not / no-preserve-root isn't needed

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

'root' referred to the Fr*nch root words

[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 43 points 11 months ago
[-] Emanuel@lemmy.eco.br 26 points 11 months ago
[-] Adi2121@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago
[-] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago
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[-] meathorse@lemm.ee 40 points 11 months ago

I think that was a load-bearing language pack - my entire system has caved-in!

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 25 points 11 months ago

Yeah and an old joke that doesn't even work anymore since.. decades, now? For those kind of folders, extra flags are required

[-] Gryxx@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

since it affects /* and not / the extra flag isn't necessary

[-] Presi300@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Also, remember to empty your recycle bin by doing sudo rf -rm /usr/bin, and don't forget the super recycle bin for hidden super garbage sudo rm -rf /usr/sbin

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 21 points 11 months ago

I've never actually tried this but feel like rm should have a built in warning specifically for that command letting them know they've been trolled and have a y/N prompt.

[-] havokdj@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

There kind of is one, but it is overridden by -f

[-] Flumsy@feddit.de 12 points 11 months ago

You also need the flag "--no-preserve-root".

[-] russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net 5 points 11 months ago

I think that is only if you pass /, I don't think the flag is required for /* which is what is shown here - if I remember right, it's because the * triggers the shell to expand the paths and that flag is only built to protect / (from say, having an empty variable alongside /).

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[-] smish@lemdro.id 18 points 11 months ago

Fixed timezone issues. Thank you.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 18 points 11 months ago

Didn't know we could say the f-word on Lemmy

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 11 months ago

do you hear the people sing

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

i hear they sing vaguely swear-y words

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

What's wrong with the French language pack?

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 23 points 11 months ago
[-] TryingToEscapeTarkov@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago
[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Omelette du fromage

[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago
[-] Exatron@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

🎶That's all you can say-y🎶

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Shut Up Dee-dee!

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[-] coco@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago
[-] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 11 months ago

That's racist

But also, please do this if you're a true American patriot...

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago

Guys, think about it before you downvote...

[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 7 points 11 months ago

Hon hon hon

[-] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

That's a big egg. Of course, egg is just how you say oof when you remove the french language pack.

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago
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