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A steam locomotive from 1993 broke my yarn test

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167 points jgrahamc | 1 comments | 02 Apr 25 13:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.233s | source
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GTP ◴[02 Apr 25 13:53 UTC] No.43556706[source]▶
Just from the title, I suspected that Steam Locomotive had something to do with it. So I quickly glanced through the article up to the point where the locomotive shows up. Sometimes there's the idea hanging in my mind to make a version called Slow Locomotive, where the train slows down every time you press ctrl-c.
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dullcrisp ◴[02 Apr 25 14:24 UTC] No.43557047[source]▶
If you press ^Z does it stop entirely?

And do these sorts of ideas ever get you into trouble?

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1. GTP ◴[03 Apr 25 12:50 UTC] No.43568860[source]▶
> If you press ^Z does it stop entirely?

Great idea, if I ever end up doing this I will steal it :D

> And do these sorts of ideas ever get you into trouble?

Not so far, but an idea is never a problem in itself. The problem can be the context. I don't see any issue in publishing a project like this on GitHub, while I see how I could get in trouble if I install it on a corporate server.