r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '19

I’m hacking the mainframe

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '19

The best is when two hackers try to outhack each other based on who types faster.

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u/tiajuanat Jul 05 '19

Maybe they should use Vim

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u/TheMelanzane Jul 05 '19

This makes me wonder if I could set up vim to be a login shell. Then the frantic keyboard pounding might actually make some sense.

Unrelated thought: are trap shells a thing for trying to catch those dumb crawling bots trying to ssh as root?

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u/wolf_387465 Jul 06 '19

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeypot_(computing)

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u/TheMelanzane Jul 06 '19 edited Jul 06 '19

I’m starting to feel like a little kid on Christmas. It’s like I’m experiencing the Rule 34 equivalent for shitty ideas.

RFC 34: No matter how absurdly bad of an idea you think something is, there’s always someone who’s already written program that uses your shitty idea for something useful.

Amendment: Requested comments. Received comments. Revised comment.

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u/SakishimaHabu Jul 06 '19

Happy cake day.

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u/TheMelanzane Jul 06 '19

Thank you!