▲ 256 ▼ The star of every movie watching party (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/historymemes@lemmy.world 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cloudless@piefed.social 39 points 1 year ago (13 children) Me whenever I see "hackers" portraited in movies. permalink fedilink source hideshow 13 child comments replies: [–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (7 children) Here comes the speed typing competition! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (2 children) As an IT professional those scenes never bother me. If they made it accurate for the screen it would be incredibly boring: a person sitting bathed in light from a monitor typing with a blank expression. They'd pause. Then go back to typing. Every now and they'd alt-tab over to some social media or meme site for a few minutes before sighing, maybe they toss their glasses onto the desk, inhaling deeply while rubbing their temples, then switching back to the "hacking" while muttering curses under their breath. Instead any day I'll take the CGI animations with 1990's techno music overlayed on close-up shots of fingers on keyboards with a final triumphant smack of the ENTER key, and quick simple "beep", and the actor exclaiming "I'm in!". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AlbinoPython@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago you forgot code being projected into their faces 😂 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sergio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluANRwPyNo permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dicska@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children) Or my favourite trope from the mid to late 90's: guessing the password. But not everyone can do that; they need a hacker for that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Impound4017@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) I mean, there is def an applicable skill set there that most people won’t have. Understanding common passwords, the typical ways people might add variation to those passwords, and understanding how to apply relevant information about the person in question are all ways to massively narrow down the scope of potential passwords when brute forcing or guessing your way in. There’s a good numberphile video that covers something similar to this topic which goes into a bit more detail. That’s to say: everyone should use a password manager. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Dicska@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago I keep returning to Numberphile from time to time, and I think I have missed this before, so thanks for the stuff, it surely sounds interesting! permalink fedilink source parent [–] orhtej2@eviltoast.org 3 points 1 year ago Amateurs! (This is McPixel's creator, Sos Sosowski, trolling reporters during an interview) permalink fedilink source parent [–] renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 year ago me whenever I see "mathematical geniuses" portrayed in movies I watched "Good Will Hunting" a short while ago and the main guy was compared to ramanujan for solving some routine undergrad math exercises permalink fedilink source parent [–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago Hack the planet! permalink fedilink source parent [–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago I know right? "Hang on..." [flurry of keystrokes] "Ok, I'm in!" [click click click] "Ok I turned off their security cameras and unlocked all the doors." permalink fedilink source parent [–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago Jackpot! permalink fedilink source parent [–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago Mess with the best die like the rest permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (7 children) Here comes the speed typing competition! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (2 children) As an IT professional those scenes never bother me. If they made it accurate for the screen it would be incredibly boring: a person sitting bathed in light from a monitor typing with a blank expression. They'd pause. Then go back to typing. Every now and they'd alt-tab over to some social media or meme site for a few minutes before sighing, maybe they toss their glasses onto the desk, inhaling deeply while rubbing their temples, then switching back to the "hacking" while muttering curses under their breath. Instead any day I'll take the CGI animations with 1990's techno music overlayed on close-up shots of fingers on keyboards with a final triumphant smack of the ENTER key, and quick simple "beep", and the actor exclaiming "I'm in!". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AlbinoPython@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago you forgot code being projected into their faces 😂 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sergio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluANRwPyNo permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dicska@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children) Or my favourite trope from the mid to late 90's: guessing the password. But not everyone can do that; they need a hacker for that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Impound4017@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) I mean, there is def an applicable skill set there that most people won’t have. Understanding common passwords, the typical ways people might add variation to those passwords, and understanding how to apply relevant information about the person in question are all ways to massively narrow down the scope of potential passwords when brute forcing or guessing your way in. There’s a good numberphile video that covers something similar to this topic which goes into a bit more detail. That’s to say: everyone should use a password manager. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Dicska@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago I keep returning to Numberphile from time to time, and I think I have missed this before, so thanks for the stuff, it surely sounds interesting! permalink fedilink source parent [–] orhtej2@eviltoast.org 3 points 1 year ago Amateurs! (This is McPixel's creator, Sos Sosowski, trolling reporters during an interview) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (2 children) As an IT professional those scenes never bother me. If they made it accurate for the screen it would be incredibly boring: a person sitting bathed in light from a monitor typing with a blank expression. They'd pause. Then go back to typing. Every now and they'd alt-tab over to some social media or meme site for a few minutes before sighing, maybe they toss their glasses onto the desk, inhaling deeply while rubbing their temples, then switching back to the "hacking" while muttering curses under their breath. Instead any day I'll take the CGI animations with 1990's techno music overlayed on close-up shots of fingers on keyboards with a final triumphant smack of the ENTER key, and quick simple "beep", and the actor exclaiming "I'm in!". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AlbinoPython@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago you forgot code being projected into their faces 😂 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sergio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluANRwPyNo permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AlbinoPython@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago you forgot code being projected into their faces 😂 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluANRwPyNo permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children) Or my favourite trope from the mid to late 90's: guessing the password. But not everyone can do that; they need a hacker for that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Impound4017@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) I mean, there is def an applicable skill set there that most people won’t have. Understanding common passwords, the typical ways people might add variation to those passwords, and understanding how to apply relevant information about the person in question are all ways to massively narrow down the scope of potential passwords when brute forcing or guessing your way in. There’s a good numberphile video that covers something similar to this topic which goes into a bit more detail. That’s to say: everyone should use a password manager. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Dicska@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago I keep returning to Numberphile from time to time, and I think I have missed this before, so thanks for the stuff, it surely sounds interesting! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Impound4017@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) I mean, there is def an applicable skill set there that most people won’t have. Understanding common passwords, the typical ways people might add variation to those passwords, and understanding how to apply relevant information about the person in question are all ways to massively narrow down the scope of potential passwords when brute forcing or guessing your way in. There’s a good numberphile video that covers something similar to this topic which goes into a bit more detail. That’s to say: everyone should use a password manager. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Dicska@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago I keep returning to Numberphile from time to time, and I think I have missed this before, so thanks for the stuff, it surely sounds interesting! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago I keep returning to Numberphile from time to time, and I think I have missed this before, so thanks for the stuff, it surely sounds interesting! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] orhtej2@eviltoast.org 3 points 1 year ago Amateurs! (This is McPixel's creator, Sos Sosowski, trolling reporters during an interview) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 year ago me whenever I see "mathematical geniuses" portrayed in movies I watched "Good Will Hunting" a short while ago and the main guy was compared to ramanujan for solving some routine undergrad math exercises permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago I know right? "Hang on..." [flurry of keystrokes] "Ok, I'm in!" [click click click] "Ok I turned off their security cameras and unlocked all the doors." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago Mess with the best die like the rest permalink fedilink source parent