1w ago

Accidentally typed 'sl' instead of 'ls'? Install this and get a steam locomotive to run across your terminal.

github.com GitHub - mtoyoda/sl: SL(1): Cure your bad habit of mistyping

SL(1): Cure your bad habit of mistyping. Contribute to mtoyoda/sl development by creating an account on GitHub.

or be boring and alias sl=ls

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So I installed this way back in the day on my prod corporate VMs. I was still green, and any prod issues would shake me so much, it was too stressful.
I taught myself to relax when the locomotive pops up, take a few deep breaths and go on.
It was super effective. I learned to not get so flustered, and stopped messing commands due to adrenaline. I no longer install it anywhere, but it still puts a smile and a wave of nostalgia when I see or hear about it.
Such a small thing, yet it helped me grow so much.
- Installing SL is part of my standard cloud-init config.

Not a mistake but a fun reminder that the terminal can be a very fun place!

    
 fortune | cowsay -f stimpy
 _________________________________________
/ Poverty Jet Set:                        \
|                                         |
| A group of people given to chronic      |
| traveling at the expense of long-term   |
| job stability or a permanent residence. |
| Tend to have doomed and extremely       |
| expensive phone-call relationships with |
| people named Serge or Ilyana. Tend to   |
| discuss frequent-flyer programs at      |
| parties.                                |
|                                         |
| -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X:     |
| Tales for an Accelerated                |
|                                         |
\ Culture"                                /
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       / / \/ \  \  
      /__|O||O|__ \ 
     |/_ \_/\_/ _\ |  
     | | (____) | ||  
     \/\___/\__/  // 
     (_/         ||
      |          ||
      |          ||\   
       \        //_/  
        \______//
       __ || __||
      (____(____)

Find the lady in red with cmatrix -a -b -r
Or watch Starwars
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
- Blinkenlights appears to no longer exist :(

    
figlet "Linux Rocks!"
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| |   (_)_ __  _   ___  __ |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |
| |   | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / __| |
| |___| | | | | |_| |>  <  |  _ < (_) | (__|   <\__ \_|
|_____|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ |_| \_\___/ \___|_|\_\___(_)

I love dev work like this. Computers should be fun again.

This is exactly the type of thing I love.

I prefer "the fuck" https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
- Yeah, that's going to be installed tomorrow.
  
  thefuck is abandoned, you could try https://github.com/iffse/pay-respects instead
- I thought this was going to be about "the fuck"
- The fuck is awesome.

Someone installed this across our 2500 machine entire fleet back in 2013. I wanted to fucking punch him in the dick, especially during incidents where every second matters.
- "Sorry boss, but the text train delayed us 5 seconds and causes us to lose millionsnof dollars" Boss: "The wat?"
  
  In fintech and at scale, you aren’t far off!
  I eventually got the damn thing removed at least.
- The point is to make you slow down. Going fast and breaking things worse is not good during an incident.
  If you typed sl and actually pressed enter before confirming what you typed, you deserve what you got
  
  A smashed keyboard? How will provoking a hulk incident fix anything?
- Shoulda made the alias instead it sounds like!
- Oof. Were they found and removed from the org?
  
  Nah it was a pretty immature company at the time, just told not to do shit like that anymore.
  Once we ipo’d and put on big boy pants, that would have been at least a reprimand.

If we're sharing silly useless projects, I quite like "activate linux", the configurable watermark inspired by "Activate Windows".
It's unfortunately not a strictly terminal based goof, but wanted to share anyway.
- This isn't useless. It serves a purpose.
  It's for interns who fat finger commands to force them to slow down and be more intentional and verify their commands before pressing enter.

sl | lolcat

I would get slightly amused every time I typed "lust" instead of "list" as a kid in applesoft basic.
- ...now the question is do we want to implement a command for that