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Eternity is a LOT of time...


Actually no, it's -1/12 of a second


It was significantly larger than a mere $billion. That's pocket change for Elon.


It was probably poisoned & couldn't give a damn about anything else.


I recommend giving ripgrep a try. (it's been around awhile now) https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep


It's not compatible with grep though. How do you search for a square bracket?

    $ grep '[][]' </dev/null
    $ rg '[][]' </dev/null
    rg: regex parse error:
        (?:[][])
             ^^
    error: unclosed character class
    $
And why does it search the current directory when its input is redirected from /dev/null? What other surprises are there?


https://manpages.debian.org/testing/ripgrep/rg.1.en.html


To me, ripgrep is an improvement and the differences are a good thing.


It's compatible or close enough with more modern regex syntaxes. Which are probably familiar to a lot more people than grep. Want to search for square brackets, then escape them (or do a a string literal search with -F)


So much faster than grep for these things! Love ripgrep! I also use it to rip apart directories of log files. Super convenient


N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös (1993)

  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125425/


Lol. Geez, we gotta do something about key sequences getting 'molested'...


Don't forget the OPM hack (2015)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Management...


Hoover Dam 1931-1936 $49 million

Golden Gate Bridge 1933-1937 $35 million

Spruce Goose 1942-1947 $23 million


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Fosbury


Mike Tyson, the epitome of sound fiscal management. ($300 million lifetime earnings, had to declare bankruptcy)


Sounds like he’s in the perfect position to know the fruits of such errors.


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