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Sometimes my girlfriend reminds me that its kinda fucked up that I get excited when the things I need to understand are presented to me in a more readable way b
by Roritharr 11y ago
Sometimes my girlfriend reminds me that its kinda fucked up that I get excited when the things I need to understand are presented to me in a more readable way but still look like the Matrix to her.
- nxzero 11y ago(Your HN profile link appears to be broken.)
- Roritharr 11y ago(Thanks, I removed them.)
- bnegreve 11y agoIt makes sense actually. The imaginary world in the matrix trilogy is inspired from the unix hacker folklore [1]. So if you're a hacker, it's not surprising that what's on your screen looks like what's on the screens in the Matrix. [1] as shown here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxTAn4g20U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxTAn4g20U
- marssaxman 11y agoI could barely restrain my excitement when I first saw the green-screen scrolling visuals in the Matrix, especially the scene at the end where Neo looks underneath the surface of the world. It was the first time Hollywood's cinematic license had created something that looked the way my internal experience felt, and that was a powerful moment after years of eye-rollingly ridiculous movie computer cheese.
- johnmaguire2013 11y agoI could barely restrain my excitement when I first saw the Social Network. I think that movie did a particularly good job of showing real-world hacking.
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoMy wife looks over my shoulder and refactors my code.
- HemanHeartYou 11y agoYour wife refactors my code too.
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