The digital equivalent of this for AI agents is something I've been working on. operate.txt has an `irreversible_actions` section: sites declare which actions can't be undone so agents pause and verify with the user first. Same concept as the molly guard. The system flags dangerous operations rather than relying on the operator to remember. github.com/serdem1/operate.txt
Seeing long presses implemented for those intermittent and irreversible actions in games is something I‘ve always appreciated. I often end up making errant inputs, especially on keyboards.
A guard I often make for myself is removing/disabling the delete key on my keyboard, and setting FN+Backspace to Delete with whatever control software is involved. I often then repurpose the delete key location to F2, which is typically used to “Edit” a spreadsheet cell or file name.
I do wish those were a thing on flat touch sensitive induction cooktops! (For all those pesky water droplets causing the cooktop to error out and turning itself off)
Also, perhaps `rm` should be molly guarded to move things to the trash on all systems by default, and delete only if forced to by a flag.
Note: I’d have expected Molly to be a cat, because they tend to be pretty good at disrupting things in my experience.
A guard I often make for myself is removing/disabling the delete key on my keyboard, and setting FN+Backspace to Delete with whatever control software is involved. I often then repurpose the delete key location to F2, which is typically used to “Edit” a spreadsheet cell or file name.