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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 07:03:58 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Many Linux developers and sysadmins don't know this, but a secret code can unlock your cloud server resources and boost server performance by 5x. All you have to do is type the following as root user:

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   • Null The Grey (nullthegrey@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 07:05:13 JST Null The Grey

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     @nixCraft yikes I really hope nobody runs this on a production machine :yikes:

   • fsniper (fsniper@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 07:07:29 JST fsniper

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     @nixCraft not funny at all. This is called a fork bomb and people with limited experience may be adversely affected by this.

   • Linux_Is_Best (linux_is_best@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 07:09:27 JST Linux_Is_Best

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     @nixCraft I know better not to do that line of code, but I can imagine some poor newbie right now wondering why things have done so wrong for them. 🤣

   • Sergio (sezamoracl@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 07:20:18 JST Sergio

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     @nixCraft We need a mastodon filter for these things.-

   • Kavo (kavo3@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 07:36:54 JST Kavo

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     @nixCraft 😂

   • Scented Buttholes (scentedbuttholes@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 10:34:38 JST Scented Buttholes

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     @nixCraft

   • Gilles Bonnet (gillesbonnet@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 15:24:57 JST Gilles Bonnet

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     @nixCraft installing apache provides an "it works" message.... typing yours provides an " am dying" one... but when you reach sysadmin level, you're not supposed to be a criminal...

   • butthurtz (butthurtz@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 18-Aug-2023 10:08:00 JST butthurtz

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     @nixCraft I tried it on my cloud-based VPS, then I got banned?!!! Why did you lie to me and I have never felt so violated than ever! (sarcasm) 😜