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communism bitch posted:I got a 4 hour train journey coming up. What's a non-terrible cyberpunk novel i can waste my time with? Going to piggyback on your post here to ask what should I watch/read on the plane to Defcon? Basically looking for anything Vegas, cyberpunk, or possibly cyberpunk vegas. Current Contenders: The First Hangover (filmed at the Riv, which was blown up by Heavy Metal Running Man Lawnmower Man The Day After Hackers (Bonus points if it's something I can load via Netflix or Prime rather than uh, legally obtain and rip to my device)
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maskenfreiheit posted:Going to piggyback on your post here to ask what should I watch/read on the plane to Defcon? the vegas scenes in "3000 miles to graceland" were also filmed at the riv, which is greatly improved since def con was there
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vegas movies: con air, honeymoon in vegas, leaving las vegas, fear and loathing, swingers, oceans 11/13, diamonds are forever defcon movies: sneakers, enemy of the state, the conversation, swordfish if you only choose one: wargames
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the only winning move is not to read
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FMguru posted:vegas movies: con air, honeymoon in vegas, leaving las vegas, fear and loathing, swingers, oceans 11/13, diamonds are forever I actually have not seen Leaving Las Vegas, thanks for the suggestion. Also, Wikipedia thinks I'm an idiot: 
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Jul 2, 2017 16:41
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godzilla 2014 is briefly a vegas movie
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haveblue posted:godzilla 2014 is briefly a vegas movie so are honey i blew up the kid and resident evil extinction the sinatra ocean's eleven and more recent 21 are casino heavy too edit: simon morden's petrovich novels are good for sprawl fans Midjack fucked around with this message at 17:00 on Jul 2, 2017 |
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Crusader posted:there's a bar in brooklyn now with this yo this place is right by House of Yes, so you can see some aerial burlesque and then go here to leave information for your contact at the cyber dead drop
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snake eyes is a surprisingly decent nick cage vegas movie
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communism bitch posted:I got a 4 hour train journey coming up. What's a non-terrible cyberpunk novel i can waste my time with? Ribofunk, by Paul di Filippo It's light and it correctly predicted Donald Trump's presidency back in like 1996 and there's a bit where two genetically engineered furry sex toys/slaves get stuck in a feedback loop of loving and have to be put down Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Jul 2, 2017 |
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Sagebrush posted:Ribofunk, by Paul di Filippo This is pretty *cough* difficult to find *cough* as its out-of-print / not available *cough* as an ebook on Amazon.
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Sagebrush posted:Ribofunk, by Paul di Filippo now that i aint no dudley dendrite, how the gently caress am I supposed to get back down?
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https://twitter.com/danheed/status/881590016543137792
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FMguru posted:vegas movies: con air, honeymoon in vegas, leaving las vegas, fear and loathing, swingers, oceans 11/13, diamonds are forever oooooh but sneakers is so good for nerdin! i grew up on war games but sneakers is my goto now, hackers for some fun though Midjack posted:so are honey i blew up the kid and resident evil extinction heck just go with the stand 
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Agile Vector posted:oooooh but sneakers is so good for nerdin! i grew up on war games but sneakers is my goto now, hackers for some fun though
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FMguru posted:vegas movies: con air, honeymoon in vegas, leaving las vegas, fear and loathing, swingers, oceans 11/13, diamonds are forever, Casino your list is good, but also added Casino comedy (  ) answer: The Hangover (no don't it's not very good)there's also 21 but i thought it was kinda stupid (babby's first card counting!) but hey it's a vegas movie that isn't entirely terrible
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add the cooler for some sad face william h macy
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Xaris posted:your list is good, but also added Casino the first year they had "crash and compile" at def con we won because the team of MIT people got too trolled and went off to play cards
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lmao my roommate in college was obsessed with learning all about card counting and would watch that movie a lot after it came out. I think he thought he could strike it rich easily but never had the balls to actually go to vegas and try i
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Xaris posted:lmao like every other nerd i was on a kick to learn it for about a year or two and figured out pretty quickly that making money doing it is tough, though the skill itself isn't hard to pick up. doing it securely is hard as balls
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if you have the sort of brain that could make you a successful card counter, and you find it enjoyable, just go into computer touching finance stuff and make 10x as much plus benefits and also you don't have to go into a casino
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Sagebrush posted:if you have the sort of brain that could make you a successful card counter, and you find it enjoyable, just go into computer touching finance stuff and make 10x as much plus benefits and also you don't have to go into a casino nah ripping off a casino is cool and good while finance is a crime against humanity
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Cocoa Crispies posted:nah ripping off a casino is cool and good while finance is a crime against humanity what if I said you could do both at the same time
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Sagebrush posted:if you have the sort of brain that could make you a successful card counter, and you find it enjoyable, just go into computer touching finance stuff and make 10x as much plus benefits and also you don't have to go into a casino 
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Cocoa Crispies posted:gibson's stuff is all good; the bigend trilogy is worth reading even if it was basically set in the present when written (and is now set super deep in the dark past when people had powerpc ibooks)
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The Leck posted:i'm reading pattern recognition again and enjoying it a lot more than when it was new. I chalk that up to my own changed tastes/better understanding of Engaging With Brands. i thought The Peripheral was great for some near future sci fi.
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check out the "black hole travel agency" books, they were vaguely cyberpunk in the way they were vaguely either parodying-or-not many other SF subgenres
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if you're wanting cyberpunk parody, Aylett's 'Slaughtermatic' will do you nicely but be warned his dense writing can be an acquired taste - he's one of my favourite authors but YMMV
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eschaton posted:what entirely makes this image is the Cyrillic moscow is pretty cyberpunk on its own too: 
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NoneMoreNegative posted:if you're wanting cyberpunk parody, Aylett's 'Slaughtermatic' will do you nicely but be warned his dense writing can be an acquired taste - he's one of my favourite authors but YMMV It's very good
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wasn't there some outrageously expensive cyberpunk designer/clothing label from europe/japan that Gibson liked a lot? or maybe he had some kind of deal with? I think it was this one https://acrnm.com/
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lancemantis posted:wasn't there some outrageously expensive cyberpunk designer/clothing label from europe/japan that Gibson liked a lot? or maybe he had some kind of deal with? they're the people who made adam jensen's new jacket.
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must be pretty good quality stuff considering jensen routinely explodes like a giant hand grenade and his jacket seems just fine
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http://www.selfedge.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=647 ??
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iirc the lady from pattern recognition wore a black bomber but it didn't exist or w/e so they made that
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lancemantis posted:wasn't there some outrageously expensive cyberpunk designer/clothing label from europe/japan that Gibson liked a lot? or maybe he had some kind of deal with? hey guys how much should we charge for this ill fitting, snot coloured top? €350? cool 
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ConanTheLibrarian posted:hey guys how much should we charge for this ill fitting, snot coloured top? €350? cool This item has been dyed and treated using special processes. The imperfections and irregularities present in its color and construction are intrinsic characteristics that increase its uniqueness and value and should not be considered flaws.
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