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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Maven to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (17 children)

Honestly no idea why someone would go around a completely unknown menu in a new unknown editor and randomly click things with caution completely out the window. Not having a copy or trying a blank project, not even reading any messages. I mean even if we don't know it's a nuke button, God knows what other edits it could do to your code without you knowing.

This goes beyond rookie mistake. This is something 12 year old me would do. Same with the issue page being 90% swear words.

[–] Cethin 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is a disease of GUIs. Most people are so used to having their hands held and being unable to make a mistake that when a GUI actually gives you the power to fuck up they don't expect it. I promise you, if this user was using the CLI, this wouldn't have happened as easily.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I promise you, if this user ~~was using the CLI~~ backed up their files, this wouldn't have happened ~~as easily~~.

[–] Cethin 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That too, but it seems like this was them attempting to back up their files. They just critically failed.

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

Using a program that's not designed to be a backup solution that you are also unfamiliar with sounds even worse. Lol

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