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Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

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Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

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Post by [deleted] »

miyuru wrote: post #13
jfaucett wrote: post #2

I've seen so many ridiculous "hacking" sequences in films that I really wasn't expecting this series to go into as much realistic detail as they do. Also most hacking stuff in films is at its worst when it comes to the dialogue which somehow always has to have something to do with shutting down a "mainframe". But this series does a great job both from a tech and dialogue perspective. There's even a scene where the ma…

when tor was mentioned in the opening scene of the first episode, i knew that this show was different.

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Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

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Post by atmosx »

prodmerc wrote: post #18
smoyer wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel sorry for the lead character and he obviously has problems, but the wannabe CTO of EvilCorp reminds me more of Dexter. This is the first TV show I've enjoyed enough to schedule for it in a long time but that character (Tyrell Wellick[1]) is a bit too dark for comfort. [1] http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0514444/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2

I'm more scared of his wife - looks like she's the brains in that relationship :-)

She is stunning though but yes, both are psychic but she is by far more scary and has him under total control.

Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

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Post by atmosx »

bayesianhorse wrote: post #8

The lead character feels to me like "Dexter as a Hacker".

I totally disliked the series... It's poorly written, disconnected and the lead character doesn't convince enough. Even the story-line is totally poor IMHO.

So the only good thing is the realistic hacking scenes...

Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

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Post by moe »

cyanbane wrote: post #17
tsunamifury wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Minority Report had almost no effect on UI as it was both internally incoherent, ergonomically untennible, and depended on non existent technology. In fact in many ways it set back the dreams of UI by teaching a generation to value nonsensical interactions and poor ergonomics over usability

> and depended on non existent technology. Exactly why people are influenced by it.

Was any technical minded person really influenced by that, other than cringing in front of the TV?

Anyone who has ever worked with any kind of media editor knows that "waving your arms in the air" is about the least desirable imaginable interface for such.

Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

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Post by Tloewald »

jfaucett wrote: post #2

I've seen so many ridiculous "hacking" sequences in films that I really wasn't expecting this series to go into as much realistic detail as they do. Also most hacking stuff in films is at its worst when it comes to the dialogue which somehow always has to have something to do with shutting down a "mainframe". But this series does a great job both from a tech and dialogue perspective. There's even a scene where the ma…

I particularly hate unrealism which is hopelessly unnecessary, such as showing people using ridiculously bad faux search engines and email clients, or results displays that rub your face in the result: SUSPECT IDENTIFIED with one result on the screen, vs. a list of results the person has to interpret.

Gnome vs. KDE is probably the least technical thing they've gotten right in the show. There were a couple of minor howlers in the most recent episode, unfortunately (up until then, no significant lapses I've noticed -- staggering for a TV show).

Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

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Post by m_fayer »

forgotmypassw wrote: post #4

There were a few subtle slips in the show but overall they're doing a good job at keeping it as real as possible (within television's scope). Someone, for once, thought about hiring consultants I suppose.

While the technical stuff mostly manages to avoid degrading into gibberish, I find the philosophizing about "bugs in the system" cringe-worthy. The show would have the layman believe that bugs are some kind of metaphysical agents of chaos that crack the facade of reality (or something), as opposed to reality where most bugs are caused by sloppy copy-pasting while reading HN with one eye.

Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

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Post by cyanbane »

cyanbane wrote: post #17
tsunamifury wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Minority Report had almost no effect on UI as it was both internally incoherent, ergonomically untennible, and depended on non existent technology. In fact in many ways it set back the dreams of UI by teaching a generation to value nonsensical interactions and poor ergonomics over usability

> and depended on non existent technology. Exactly why people are influenced by it.

Neat recent example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxM4vN_4jJY

Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

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Post by smoyer »

avinassh wrote: post #24

In one of the scenes, where Darlene enters the commands like this: http://i.imgur.com/cGN3FQw.jpg (for those who don't get it, she is entering a space before every command so that it doesn't end up in `history`)

Assuming of course she or someone else had set HISTCONTROL to ignorespace (as follows):

    export HISTCONTROL=ignorespace
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