He once bricked his OS during a "run Linux for a week" challenge. He tried to do apt install steam or something and ignored a bunch of warnings. Of course he then bashed Linux because he didn't pay attention
Another fun phrase with similar etymology is "pulling out all the stops". It comes from church organs, where the stops are all of the levers that can change the timbre
I don't think I've ever heard a Mahler piece, but based off of the breath mark and random guessing I'm going to say Symphony no.4 in G major.