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Speaking of ASCII art in your terminal,

  $ apt-get install sl
  $ /usr/games/sl


`sl` also takes arguments, which change the shape and size of that damn locomotive: -a -l -F

It's a fun, masochistic joke, but I seriously encourage everyone to install it (it's available on Homebrew, if you're an OS X user). Every time you do an `sl` you must immediately resolve to be more careful when doing things on terminal. It `ls` is harmless, but what if it was `rm`?


Yay for steam locomotive! I think of it as a handy reminder from your sys-admin "don't drink and ssh!"


That same sys-admin probably won the Crash And Compile drinking game at DEF CON. Don't listen to him.




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