for nerds who use Powershell on Windows

[The Cunting Death]

Why does it let out a loud beep whenever I press an arrowkey or backspace too much?

 

[King Fructose]

It’s slightly autistic

 

[awoo]

This happens on most unix shells too. I assume it's tradition from original dumb computer terminals which in term came from teleprinters / TTYs.

 

[Anal Eclipse]

It's the goddamn PC Speaker or the BIOS beep thingy.

PC speaker - ArchWiki

wiki.archlinux.org

 

[Stanley the Gay Wizard]

It uses the beeps at you to basically tell you to stop doing that shit.