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this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2025
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"Cursor YOLO deleted everything in my computer":
The response:
My T-shirt is raising questions already answered, etc.
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I looked this up because I thought it was a nickname for something, but no, Cursor seems to have a setting that’s officially called YOLO mode. As per their docs:
So this guy explicitly ticked the box that allowed the bullshit generator to execute arbitrary code on his machine. Why would you ever use that? What's someone’s rationale for enabling a setting like that? They even name it YOLO mode. It’s like the fucking red button in the movie that says, don’t push the red button, and promptfans are still like, yes, that sounds like a good idea!
Can you imagine selling something like a firewall appliance with a setting called "Yolo Mode", or even a tax software or a photo organizer or anything that handles any data, even if only of middling importance, and then still expect to be taken seriously at all?
Yolo charging mode on a phone, disable the battery overheating sensor and the current limiter.
I suspect that they added yolo mode because without it this thing is too useless.