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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I wiped all my data from a supercomputer by trying to 'cd' into a folder but making a typo and then running rm -rvf * from my home directory.

At least they kept backups... The system administrators were probably amused about who gets access