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Hackers - Technobabble

Name: Hackers - Technobabble
Description: A one-minute clip from the 1995 film Hackers in which characters trade technobabble about RISC architecture changing everything.

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2017–2019, never outright recommended score 0

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Used as a running joke whenever RISC, RISC-V or processor architecture comes up.

A one-minute clip from the 1995 film Hackers in which characters trade technobabble about RISC architecture changing everything.

3 jokes · Comedy

Film & TV clips Computer architecture & CPUs Hacker culture & free software Comedy Arts, Comedy, Music & Film

3 Hacker News comments

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@nickpsecurity Jan 2017 Makes a joke

on HN thread Hands on with the First Open Source Microcontroller

Here's what you're missing: [this video] Followed up with the best attempt at a pickup line by a hacker in the movies. Back before the movies had them making out with random women in bathrooms over job offers involving sex, alcohol, bombs, and Houdini tributes. Hackers got really cool really fast. ;)

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@busterarm Jan 2018 Makes a joke

on HN thread “Intel Core 2 bugs will assuredly be exploitable from userland code” (2007)

I was more trying to point to RISC in general ("RISC is good" [this video] ). What I really wanted to say is that we've tried but RISC hasn't really been successful in the (mass consumer) market, which because of ARM is only partially true. In truth you're correct, and ARM is sort of an unruly mess at this point, but that's a much larger discussion.

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@Zenst Feb 2019 Makes a joke

on HN thread Building a RISC-V PC

Generally true, though that quote since then has been used so many times, I suspect that even google has lost count. For those in the dark still, it stems from this scene: [this video]

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