Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand

Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by pram on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @11:52AM (#28932200)

Hackers was a joke but it has an enduring cultural cachet with IT nerds at least. I hear "hack the planet" and references to "the gibson" all the time still. I don't think I've ever heard a single IRL reference to anything in RPO

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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by Apocryphon on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @12:31PM (#28932691)

There were plenty of references, but they were to the same '80s pop culture that the book worships. Really, all of the VR tech was just a plot device to create a magic world where that Gen X nostalgia never ends.

Ready Player One tells us about technology about as much as Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 does.

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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by sushisource on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @12:47PM (#28932905)

Huh? People refer to corny one liners from Arnie movies too, that doesn't mean they had a philosophical impact on the way those people think about guns, or whatever.

Hackers is a hilarious and fun over the top movie but I don't think it changed the way anyone thinks about technology.

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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by pram on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @12:56PM (#28933021)

I didn't say it did.

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