Show HN: Twitch Installs Arch Linux – A cooperative text-based horror game • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Twitch Installs Arch Linux – A cooperative text-based horror game

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Post by fisherjeff » Fri, Oct 30, 2015, 2:47 PM UTC

eloy wrote: post #26

FranOntanaya wrote: post #19

I'm afraid they'll manage to launch vim and will never be able to get out.

They should read the book "Popular Unix text editors and how to exit them"

Thank you both for inciting a fascinating combination of uncontrollable laughter and existential dread

Re: Show HN: Twitch Installs Arch Linux – A cooperative text-based horror game

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Post by Gonzih » Fri, Oct 30, 2015, 2:47 PM UTC

provemewrong wrote: post #18

Not Gentoo?

arch is much shorter feedback loop I think.

Re: Show HN: Twitch Installs Arch Linux – A cooperative text-based horror game

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Post by Buge » Fri, Oct 30, 2015, 2:55 PM UTC

Joe8Bit wrote: post #11

lucb1e wrote: post #5

Hmm, `system_reset` is an available command. Is that a good idea if people just spam it randomly? Because they will... Perhaps detecting when the machine is powered off and automatically turning it on is more effective.

> Every ten seconds, the most popular keystroke in Twitch chat will be entered into an Arch Linux virtual machine Seems it's keystroke by keystroke, not command by command.

Each letter is a possible command, but system_reset is also a command. It's like pressing and holding the power button: a single action.

http://www.twitch.tv/twitchinstallsarchlinux

Re: Show HN: Twitch Installs Arch Linux – A cooperative text-based horror game

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Post by scarmig » Fri, Oct 30, 2015, 2:55 PM UTC

eloy wrote: post #26

FranOntanaya wrote: post #19

I'm afraid they'll manage to launch vim and will never be able to get out.

They should read the book "Popular Unix text editors and how to exit them"

  quit
  ?
  exit
  ?
  end
  ?
  done
  ?
  bye
  ?
  quit!
  ?
  ^X  
  ?
  ^C
  ?
  ^C
  ?
  help
  ?
  ?
  ?
  ^Z
  $ killall ed
  $ vi

Re: Show HN: Twitch Installs Arch Linux – A cooperative text-based horror game

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Post by eru » Fri, Oct 30, 2015, 2:56 PM UTC

eloy wrote: post #26

FranOntanaya wrote: post #19

I'm afraid they'll manage to launch vim and will never be able to get out.

They should read the book "Popular Unix text editors and how to exit them"

Ctrl-z works universally, doesn't it?

Re: Show HN: Twitch Installs Arch Linux – A cooperative text-based horror game

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Post by ciupicri » Fri, Oct 30, 2015, 3:03 PM UTC

eru wrote: post #35

eloy wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They should read the book "Popular Unix text editors and how to exit them"

Ctrl-z works universally, doesn't it?

Not really. Some programs disable it including vim (at least on some setups).

Re: Show HN: Twitch Installs Arch Linux – A cooperative text-based horror game

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Post by chadillac » Fri, Oct 30, 2015, 3:03 PM UTC

nchudleigh wrote: post #29

This is going to be amazing

> setTimeout(function(){$('#chat-input').val('dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=4M');$('#chat-send').click();},100)

> setTimeout(function(){$('#chat-input').val(':(){ :|: & };:');$('#chat-send').click();},100)

Get a handful of people to run one of those in their browsers JS console and watch the world burn.

Re: Show HN: Twitch Installs Arch Linux – A cooperative text-based horror game

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Post by emergie » Fri, Oct 30, 2015, 3:03 PM UTC

eru wrote: post #35

eloy wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They should read the book "Popular Unix text editors and how to exit them"

Ctrl-z works universally, doesn't it?

it doesn't, ctrl-z only suspends process and switches to backgroud - the thing is still alive try ctrl-z and then type bg command - you will see a list, you can resume with fg [number]

Re: Show HN: Twitch Installs Arch Linux – A cooperative text-based horror game

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Post by hrnnnnnn » Fri, Oct 30, 2015, 3:03 PM UTC

dssddsds wrote: post #23

kjs2 wrote: post #10

This is brilliant - I imagine they'll have to hope the incessant "rm -rf *" commands don't get spammed, if they are running under root. Looking forward to it.

wait, you mean "rm -rf /*"?

wait, you mean "sudo rm -rf / --no-preserve-root"?

Re: Show HN: Twitch Installs Arch Linux – A cooperative text-based horror game

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Post by yiyus » Fri, Oct 30, 2015, 3:04 PM UTC

jbott wrote: post #2

Hey guys, author here. Feel free to ask any questions, and I'll try my best to answer them!

Answering the question in the introduction: No, I do not remember how chaotic Twitch Plays Pokemon was. I do not even know what you are talking about. And since you do not even give me a link, I am not sure I should care.

I finally figured out what this is, but the site was not very helpful.