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ways to close vim(discuss.tchncs.de)

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Jakylla@sh.itjust.works
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  • Unplug the computer
  • Shut the house electric safety switch down
  • Cut the electricity pole nearest to the house
  • Bomb the nearest electricity distribution post
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BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml
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nuke it from orbit. it’s the only way to be sure.

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rtxn@lemmy.world
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  • Wait for a sufficiently powerful coronal mass ejection to collapse the global electric grid
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jamyang@programming.dev
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“Simple and easily explained.”

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Jakylla@sh.itjust.works
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Pretty sure I can learn my grandma to put a fork in any socket to close Vim, no prior knowledge needed

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mayoaddict@pawb.social
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you can close vim?

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z3n0x@feddit.de
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“this is my life now”

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alnilam@lemmy.world
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Does colon-capital-Q-exclamation mark even work? I’m pretty sure it’s only lower case q.

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Kerb@discuss.tchncs.deOP
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its supposed to be lowercase,
but imgflip put the entire text in uppercase.

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RustySharp@programming.dev
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Honestly, the joke landed anyway. I’ve done numerous uppercase-Q trying to quit, because I didn’t let go of Shift fast enough after typing the colon…

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nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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Was going to say this, myself.

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Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de
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cat /dev/zero > "/proc/$(pidof vim)/mem" is my favorite dumb way. Clear its memory, wait for the segfault.

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Julian@lemm.ee
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…you can write to program memory? Idk how exactly but that feels like a security risk.

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nintendiator@feddit.cl
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It’s your process, why shouldn’t you be able to write to it? Vi is certainly doing it…

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Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de
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You do need to be root to do it to arbitrary processes.

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vrkr@programming.dev
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dumb way.

Get fancy, add progress bar: pv < /dev/zero > “/proc/$(pidof vim)/mem”

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Cloudless ☼@feddit.uk
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Amateur. Just unplug the power cable.

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