Ask HN: List must watch documentary and movies for hacker

Posted by enigmalord on Thursday June 08, 2017 @02:14PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Making a list for something like documentary of the network world and hacking stuff that all levels of computer engineers and hackers cannot miss to watch

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Re:Ask HN: List must watch documentary and movies for hacker by ubikretail on Thursday June 08, 2017 @02:16PM (#14515973)

Takedown (2000) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159784/

Antitrust (2001) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/

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Re:Ask HN: List must watch documentary and movies for hacker by mindcrime on Thursday June 08, 2017 @02:51PM (#14516226)

Second the motion for Antitrust. It wasn't a big commercial hit, but it's fun.

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Re:Ask HN: List must watch documentary and movies for hacker by a3n on Thursday June 08, 2017 @02:48PM (#14516209)

Dr. Strangelove. There are at least a couple incidents in the movie where mundane technical failure contributes to catastrophe, and where technical safeguards that rely on "human in the loop" fail because of humans.

The wikipedia article is itself as worth reading as watching the film. Bait: it mentions John von Neumann. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove

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