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Click Ops Engineering
Cloud Networking Security Devops AWS
1 day ago 93.6K views 1 shares
Click Ops Engineering
The fearless cloud engineer, who boldly proclaims "I fear no man"... until SSH enters the chat. That moment when your terminal connection drops mid-deployment and your heart skips three beats. Infrastructure as Code? Nah, we're running Infrastructure as Prayer hoping the connection stays alive. Nothing quite matches the primal terror of watching your SSH session hang while you're elbow-deep in production configs at 2PM on a Friday.

Sudo Install: When RAM Upgrades Get Physical
Linux Hardware Bash Programming
2 days ago 119.1K views 0 shares
Sudo Install: When RAM Upgrades Get Physical
Ah, the classic Linux user's nightmare turned weapon. Someone took "sudo install" a bit too literally by turning RAM sticks into actual knives. When your sysadmin says they need to "forcefully upgrade your memory," you should probably run. This is what happens when tech support gets tired of explaining that "no, downloading more RAM isn't possible" and decides to take matters into their own hands. Physical memory installation has never been so terrifying.

CPU At 100% Doing Absolutely Nothing
Linux Bash Programming
8 days ago 137.9K views 0 shares
CPU At 100% Doing Absolutely Nothing
Two elderly gentlemen discussing the ancient Unix wisdom of redirecting random data to the void. It's basically what happens when senior developers explain their legacy code to junior devs. The command cat /dev/urandom > /dev/null is essentially generating random data and immediately throwing it away—much like most meetings where old-timers reminisce about COBOL and punch cards while the CPU hits 100% processing absolutely nothing of value. It's the digital equivalent of telling war stories that go nowhere. Maximum effort, zero output.

The Feline Code Reviewer
Bash Programming Linux Debugging
8 days ago 161.1K views 0 shares
The Feline Code Reviewer
When your actual cat decides to help you debug by pointing at the cat command. The ultimate code review assistant who doesn't judge your terrible bash scripts—just occasionally walks across your keyboard to add random characters as "improvements." Ten years of software engineering and my best technical consultant still has a litterbox.

The Ten-Minute Windows Tolerance
Linux Windows Programming
9 days ago 189.4K views 0 shares
The Ten-Minute Windows Tolerance
The emotional trauma of using Windows when you're a Linux devotee cannot be overstated. Ten minutes of hunting for Terminal, watching update screens, and navigating through seventeen dialog boxes just to change a simple setting will leave you in the fetal position questioning all your life choices. The dramatic collapse depicted here is basically what happens internally to every Linux user who has to use Windows for work or family tech support. "No, Mom, I don't know why your printer isn't working on Windows 11. Have you considered a nice Ubuntu installation instead?"

What Gives People Feelings Of Power
Bash Vim Programming Linux
10 days ago 211.5K views 0 shares
What Gives People Feelings Of Power
Nothing says "I am the tech god now" quite like furiously typing commands in a black terminal window while your non-technical friend watches in awe. The pathetic little bars for money and status? Please. Real power is making your coworker think you're hacking the Pentagon when you're just running ls -la and hoping nobody notices you had to Google "how to unzip file terminal" 30 seconds earlier. The best part? That tiny green bar for money is painfully accurate for most of us command-line wizards. But who needs financial stability when you can make the marketing team gasp by using vim instead of Word?

Made Some Homework For My Reverse Engineering Lecture
Security Windows Programming Debugging
24 days ago 197.2K views 0 shares
Made Some Homework For My Reverse Engineering Lecture
This student is playing 4D chess with their reverse engineering professor! They created a malicious executable that self-destructs when you guess wrong, then deleted the file before submitting. When the professor tries to run it, they get the classic "not recognized as a command" error—meaning they'd have to reverse engineer a program that doesn't even exist anymore. Absolutely diabolical way to ensure you get full marks without doing the actual assignment. The perfect crime!

When You're Too Stoned To Use The Terminal
Bash Programming Linux Debugging
25 days ago 167.3K views 0 shares
When You're Too Stoned To Use The Terminal
That moment when your brain is so fried you navigate to the directory you're already in, check where you are, then navigate to the same directory again, and check where you are... again. Terminal commands make perfect sense until they don't. The real question is how many more times would this loop have continued if the screenshot hadn't mercifully ended.

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Linux Security Devops Bash Programming
1 month ago 227.6K views 0 shares
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
The progression of power in Linux is no joke. Regular "Run" is just you jogging down a path like a peasant. "Run as Administrator" gets you a business suit and some actual dignity. But "sudo"? That's you becoming a dark overlord commanding an army of the damned, ready to wreak havoc on the file system. Nothing says "I know what I'm doing" (even when you absolutely don't) like typing those four magical letters before a command that could potentially nuke your entire system. The power trip is real.

Sudo Ultimate Power Escalation
Linux Security Devops Bash Programming
1 month ago 203.7K views 0 shares
Sudo Ultimate Power Escalation
Regular user? PATHETIC. Admin? Better, but still MORTAL. But sudo ? DARLING, YOU'VE JUST TRANSFORMED INTO AN UNSTOPPABLE DIGITAL SAMURAI GOD WITH THE POWER TO BEND THE ENTIRE UNIX UNIVERSE TO YOUR WILL! 💅✨ One little command prefix and suddenly you're not asking the computer nicely anymore - you're DEMANDING it comply with your wishes like a caffeine-fueled dictator who just found the nuclear codes. The system doesn't even DARE ask "are you sure?" because it KNOWS you mean business!

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The Evolutionary Stages Of Copy-Paste Sophistication
Programming Windows Linux Debugging
1 month ago 132.0K views 0 shares
The Evolutionary Stages Of Copy-Paste Sophistication
The evolutionary stages of a developer's copy-paste technique. First, there's the primitive mouse method—effective but barbaric. Then comes the standard keyboard shortcut approach—a clear sign of basic intelligence. But the true sophistication emerges when you frantically smash Ctrl+C multiple times because that unresponsive terminal has definitely ignored your first four attempts. It's not paranoia if the clipboard really is out to get you. The tuxedo in the final panel is well-deserved—you've clearly mastered the arcane art of "making absolutely sure" your code snippets survive the perilous journey to the clipboard.

Sudo: Ultimate Power Escalation
Linux Security Devops Bash Programming
1 month ago 220.7K views 0 shares
Sudo: Ultimate Power Escalation
Regular users jog casually. Administrators sprint in business attire. But sudo users? They summon an army of samurai warriors in a mythical apocalyptic landscape. The escalation of power is real. One minute you're politely asking the system for permission, the next you're a digital warlord commanding kernel-level forces. With great power comes exactly zero responsibility.