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[-] zerofk@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago

I once deleted /dev/null Do not recommend. You’d be surprised how much of the system needs it.

[-] Dremor@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

I once deleted /dev/urandom. I didn't want uncertainty in my life.

Well, I was on for a surprise.

[-] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

well, i guess your pc got into a pretty certain state of being, at least for that evening, so technically it worked:)

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

How? I could've sworn it wasn't even a "real" file. I thought the file system just had special rules for interacting with that name.

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