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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I have no idea what this does, I will not try it to find out

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] VinnieFarsheds 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll just use a spoon then for dinner

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

fork bomb

Did someone invite Ritchie over for Christmas dinner?

No? The Bear? Anybody...?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That episode made me rethink my ability to deal with stress. [shudders]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So good though. The whole season is.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Define a function called : which runs itself and creates another fork of itself as a background job :&. After the function definition call the function (final :).

It's easier to understand once you realize that : is a valid identifier. It is a simple mildly obfuscated fork bomb.