Monzy performs at Stanford Univ.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Mostly referenced for jokes and for the kill -9 song, which one commenter said taught them about signals.
What it is
Raw footage of nerdcore rapper Monzy performing outside Stanford's computer science building, shot for the documentary Nerdcore for Life. The set includes his song about the kill -9 Unix command.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2014 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Cites randomdrake · 2014-01 · on “Why not kill -9 a process?”
I remember learning about kill as a kid, then kill -9 in college, and after college re-learning it via Monzy[1]. I had sort of forgotten the importance of the signal argument. Such an incredibly powerful command that is nothing more than a representation of a very simple decision or architecture [2]: Some of the more commonly used signals: 1 HUP (hang up) 2 INT (interrupt) 3 QUIT (quit) 6 ABRT (abort) 9 KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill) 14 ALRM (alarm clock) 15 TERM (software termination signal) [1] - [this video] [2] - man kill