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I always typed rebnoot, so I patched Netbsd to allow rebnoot. Then I patched it still so it would say, "Rebnooting". Fun times.

mypalmike 9y ago
Can't tell if serious...
- popcorncolonel 9y ago
  Knowing software developers, probably entirely serious.
  - tosstossy 9y ago
    The seasoned sysadmins are a little more careful before smacking the enter key...
    - mcv 9y ago
      Depends on the importance of the system. If it's a fairly unimportant home system that's excessively backed up, it's fairly easy to live life on the edge.
    - Fnoord 9y ago
      rm -i and rm -f (as well as mv and cp) allow to specify certainty not merely for everyone above UID 0. Keyword: Backups.
- TheSoftwareGuy 9y ago
  It’s probably just a shell script or an alias
  - projektfu 9y ago
    An alias would work but it wouldn't say rebnooting. That was my initial fix. But I was learning things at the time and I learned how to recompile parts of the distribution. I also learned how programs in Unix could invoke different effects based on name. Coming from DOS, it was a real surprise that reboot was a link to shutdown.
    - therein 9y ago
      So I am assuming you ended up patching the `shutdown` binary to print `Rebnooting` if exec'd with the `rebnoot` name? This is similar to how busybox binary implements a bunch of the tools from coreutils etc.
ytjohn 9y ago
Our org has a bunch of related miscellaneous projects called "pantry". Basically, if it doesn't fit standalone, you put it in the pantry. It works out better than you think, except when someone is doing a webex and misses an r.
dbcurtis 9y ago
Relatable. For years, I aliased mroe to more. Now I alias mroe and more to less. My wife drafts a lot of legal documents, and has a problem with "doe snot". Which unfortunately the spelling checker is perfectly happy with.
- Singletoned 9y ago
  There's defintitely room for an advanced spell checker that can say "This is valid, but probably wrong".
  - polkijunk 9y ago
    defintitely
  - salvar 9y ago
    Defiantly.
  - deleted 9y ago
    [deleted]
  - Ajedi32 9y ago
    The spell checker in Chrome can already do that to some extent. For example, "The men walked over their to grab they're food." gets corrected: https://i.imgur.com/NR4zyVA.png https://i.imgur.com/NR4zyVA.png
  - goblin89 9y ago
    There’s at least one product trying to address the issue with “valid, but probably wrong” typos. It’s called Grammarly and for some unfathomable reason it gets advertised to me a lot on YouTube whenever Google detects I’m in South Korea; I believe they are seriously mistargeting their marketing efforts. (That said, if it were me, I’m not sure if I would give up typing doe snot every once in a while.)
  - Fnoord 9y ago
    command-not-found [1] could implement that, if it isn't implemented already. I remember a Linux distribution with an application which would let a train pass in a few seconds after typing typical commands wrong. Trust me, you'll learn to type correct when that happens because it is very annoying. EDIT: as mentioned below, it is called 'sl' [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommandNotFoundMagic https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommandNotFoundMagic
_pmf_ 9y ago
"Rebnooting" sounds like it should be a real word; probably a military term.

mypalmike 9y ago

Can't tell if serious...

popcorncolonel 9y ago
Knowing software developers, probably entirely serious.
- tosstossy 9y ago
  The seasoned sysadmins are a little more careful before smacking the enter key...
  - mcv 9y ago
    Depends on the importance of the system. If it's a fairly unimportant home system that's excessively backed up, it's fairly easy to live life on the edge.
  - Fnoord 9y ago
    rm -i and rm -f (as well as mv and cp) allow to specify certainty not merely for everyone above UID 0. Keyword: Backups.
TheSoftwareGuy 9y ago
It’s probably just a shell script or an alias
- projektfu 9y ago
  An alias would work but it wouldn't say rebnooting. That was my initial fix. But I was learning things at the time and I learned how to recompile parts of the distribution. I also learned how programs in Unix could invoke different effects based on name. Coming from DOS, it was a real surprise that reboot was a link to shutdown.
  - therein 9y ago
    So I am assuming you ended up patching the `shutdown` binary to print `Rebnooting` if exec'd with the `rebnoot` name? This is similar to how busybox binary implements a bunch of the tools from coreutils etc.

ytjohn 9y ago

Our org has a bunch of related miscellaneous projects called "pantry". Basically, if it doesn't fit standalone, you put it in the pantry. It works out better than you think, except when someone is doing a webex and misses an r.

dbcurtis 9y ago

Relatable. For years, I aliased mroe to more. Now I alias mroe and more to less. My wife drafts a lot of legal documents, and has a problem with "doe snot". Which unfortunately the spelling checker is perfectly happy with.

Singletoned 9y ago
There's defintitely room for an advanced spell checker that can say "This is valid, but probably wrong".
- polkijunk 9y ago
  defintitely
- salvar 9y ago
  Defiantly.
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
- Ajedi32 9y ago
  The spell checker in Chrome can already do that to some extent. For example, "The men walked over their to grab they're food." gets corrected: https://i.imgur.com/NR4zyVA.png https://i.imgur.com/NR4zyVA.png
- goblin89 9y ago
  There’s at least one product trying to address the issue with “valid, but probably wrong” typos. It’s called Grammarly and for some unfathomable reason it gets advertised to me a lot on YouTube whenever Google detects I’m in South Korea; I believe they are seriously mistargeting their marketing efforts. (That said, if it were me, I’m not sure if I would give up typing doe snot every once in a while.)
- Fnoord 9y ago
  command-not-found [1] could implement that, if it isn't implemented already. I remember a Linux distribution with an application which would let a train pass in a few seconds after typing typical commands wrong. Trust me, you'll learn to type correct when that happens because it is very annoying. EDIT: as mentioned below, it is called 'sl' [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommandNotFoundMagic https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommandNotFoundMagic

_pmf_ 9y ago

"Rebnooting" sounds like it should be a real word; probably a military term.