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6:00 PM

I VTC'd as opinion, but it's also not a specific (real) problem the OP faced with a small set of possible answers. And at least a couple of the answers no longer try to be realistic.

jokerdino

I want to delete the entire post now.

terdon

Yeah, me too. But I don't want to mod hammer it.

Zanna

:(

edwinksl

clearly a divisive question

Zanna

I would expect you to like it @edwinksl because I've never met a chemistry person who wasn't a pyromaniac ;)

edwinksl

6:05 PM

i am an engineering person, not chemistry ;P

the question did already go through one round of reopening

looks like it is headed towards another

Zanna

forgive my ignorance :)

jokerdino

Sorry, I used my card.

Zanna

whoosh

terdon

@jokerdino Yay! Now all the slings and arrows of outrageous users shall rain down on you and not me.

Sweet!

edwinksl

woah, gone!

Zanna

6:08 PM

:(

jokerdino

I am ready to face whatever sticks and stones that are thrown my way.

Zanna

I am glad it is gone

personally

jokerdino

I didn't see it much earlier. Would have killed it faster.

edwinksl

it is still on-topic though, right?

terdon

@edwinksl Well, strictly speaking, no. If it were a real situation, it would have been but hypotheticals are off topic.

edwinksl

6:10 PM

i am curious what the reason for deleting it is? (it was originally closed as dupe, then reopened)

Kaz Wolfe

Awe.

terdon

> you are asking an open-ended, hypothetical question: “What if ______ happened?”

askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask

luchonacho

:( just lost 190 rep

jokerdino

> Focus on questions about an actual problem you have faced. Include details about what you have tried and exactly what you are trying to do.

Kaz Wolfe

I did have an employer that needed Windows for auditing/"security" reasons.

Then, @jokerdino, posts like my theoretical deleting of init (so everything in that tag) should also be nuked, no?

terdon

6:13 PM

@KazWolfe OK, but then you went off on a whole shpeel about evil IT etc. I honestly couldn't understand if you wanted to get rid of your Ubuntu (which is what the story seemed to be suggesting) or Vista (which is what your last sentence was implying: "I wil not go back to Vista")

Kaz Wolfe

The MSE post, btw, was an unrelated effort to rep-farm.

terdon

The theoretical seems completely useless to me. That said, there are perfectly valid theoretical questions but they need to be expressed carefully.

The answer in most cases is "well, try it and let us know" :)

Kaz Wolfe

Noted. I'll let it stay deleted because mods decided rightly, imo.

Zanna

@luchonacho I liked your answer because it was clever and not dangerous. I hope you will find another use for it :)

Kaz Wolfe

I honestly see no practical use for "destroy something exceedingly quickly"

luchonacho

6:15 PM

@Zanna thanks. it was a midnight summer dream, kind of hehe

Zanna

@luchonacho how do you mean?

luchonacho

@Zanna midsummer night's dream I meant.... 190 rep in one go

terdon

@KazWolfe Destroy data, perhaps, but rendering the system useless without destroying data seems pointless.

Kaz Wolfe

Which is a completely different question so...

Zanna

@luchonacho oh I see... don't worry, that will happen again some day I'm sure :)

luchonacho

6:18 PM

@Zanna :)

Kaz Wolfe

I'd say close, but not delete... Maybe a lock as well? I mean, relatively popular (but useless) question...

Severus Tux

Was deleting necessary ? Protecting would have done the job.... this is all sad :(

Kaz Wolfe

I will ask a serious one about actual data destruction though.

Severus Tux

I mean locking

Kaz Wolfe

Isn't there a "historical reasons... But not a good question" tag for locks?

Severus Tux

6:23 PM

These kind of incidents makes people lose their interest. ( Especially new users who tried to answer that question, there were many )

Kaz Wolfe

Yeah. This one's on me. It wasn't a good question to ask

Learning, I guess?

Zanna

@SeverusTux If people are only interested in destroying Ubuntu I'm not sure we should be sad if they leave ;)

Byte Commander

I liked the Win 10 theme answer.

And I had a slight smile on some others... :)

Viewing deleted questions is awesome

kush

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if it worked before in 14.04, it can't be an issue with the monitor settings, right?

terdon

@SeverusTux Which, really, is a good reason to not post such questions in the first place.

Severus Tux

6:28 PM

Yes, but... hm... okay

Kaz Wolfe

So... Kaz overnight indirectly gave out probably over 500 rep, and directly took it all away. Neat.

luchonacho

Exactly

Kaz Wolfe

Just when I started to be liked. :(

Severus Tux

Bye all.

Zanna

later :)

is this not Ubuntu or too broad, or a dupe of something? askubuntu.com/questions/823008/…

edwinksl

6:35 PM

@Zanna how are you coping with your superpowers?

chaskes

it's not ubuntu and a matter of opinion.

Zanna

@edwinksl while I was on mobile I tried to flag some deleted answers >_<

kush

@Zanna I've used "Ubuntu" on a 8GB website

I mean a 8GB EC2 instance

an?

Zanna

This entirely depends on what else you plan to install. For example, if you install games, then you need more space than someone who doesn't install games. — edwinksl 47 secs ago

excellent point ^

edwinksl

@Zanna fat fingers, i understand

Zanna

6:38 PM

my brother recently "cleaned up" 250 GB games from his system

edwinksl

@Zanna yeah games are at least couple of GBs up to tens of GBs nowadays

kush

@Zanna yes exactly. It is a very tight fit :P

Zanna

I was like... your deleted games took up my entire SSD 8 times

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edwinksl

@Zanna your toaster has a SSD? not that bad of a toaster then

kush

6:39 PM

@Zanna my ubuntu partition on this computer is 200 GB. I am counting down the days until the hard disk on this y510p dies and then I'll probably get a SSD. Maybe 512 GB I hope

Zanna

@edwinksl It's a pretty good toaster, I gotta say :)

kush

nice answer, david

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