Post #3894871
2026-07-17 18:39 UTC
me in 1995: hackers is an unrealistic film because computers don't work like that and thus it is stupid
me now: hackers is an unrealistic film because it believes that good things are possible and hacker culture is on the side of downtrodden and the earth and it's great
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@irick@this.mouse.rocks 2026-07-18 00:11
@brennen@federation.p1k3.com You should take a look at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, or 2600 generally :) The idealistic strain of the culture has never gone away. Cybersecurity has merely sought to claim the history for its own purposes as it became institutionalized. And yes, Hackers is schlocky goodness :3
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@twipped@twipped.social 2026-07-18 02:20
@brennen@federation.p1k3.com @brooke@bikeshed.vibber.net hey, in the 80s and 90s it _was_ true. The movie was inspired by a real group of hackers in NYC. https://www.slashfilm.com/541326/hackers-oral-history/