alt Hacker NewsI like to pause movies when some code is shown and see what it is. Apparently you can break into pentagon by knowing basic sql and high-level employees have alternate life writing tcp implementations and graphics libraries.
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sunrunner • today at 9:28 AM
I always liked the code Easter egg in Ex Machina. A scene with Caleb has a Python script visible on screen that, when run, prints:
ISBN = 9780199226559
WalterBright • today at 4:52 PM
Well, at least movies no longer run the ka-chunka-ka-chunka ASR-33 teletype sounds when showing text on a screen.
sureglymop • today at 8:17 AM
Do we actually think you couldn't though? Probably unintentionally accurate.
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ikari_pl • today at 8:31 AM
I felt like a movie hacker when doing literal
SELECT * FROM military_bases
On a public dataset :)
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ramon156 • today at 8:08 AM
Render your local file tree, win a free pentagon entry
Occasionally there are some real treats in those snippets. I remember being floored when Trinity exploited a real ssh v1 bug in Matrix Reloaded.