Post 466777 by remotenemesis@hackers.town
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(DIR) Post #464279 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-10-10T13:30:05Z
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Is there a God of the hack?A mythical being, a spirit?Is it Perun reborn in the light again?Is it Mercury, or Hermes?Loki?Something new?
(DIR) Post #464308 by Mnemonic@mastodon.social
2018-10-10T13:32:27Z
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@thegibson Tootamon, who visits every 'perfect' system and goes "whaomp whaomp!"
(DIR) Post #464341 by uranther@cybre.space
2018-10-10T13:34:41Z
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@TheGibson Hephaestus is "the Greek god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes."Seems to fit with the #HackerEthos of unencumbered tinkering. Forging of systems from universal primitives...
(DIR) Post #464364 by feonixrift@x0r.be
2018-10-10T13:34:58Z
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@TheGibson In some cases, I wouldn't overlook Ganesh.
(DIR) Post #464378 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-10-10T13:35:15Z
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It is less thunder, more harnessed lightning.I feel that many deities come together in this space.
(DIR) Post #464405 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-10-10T13:36:17Z
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@feonixrift I need to be more familiar with the dualistic pantheons...Hindu lore is something I need to spend more time on.
(DIR) Post #464456 by feonixrift@x0r.be
2018-10-10T13:42:38Z
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@TheGibson I have a very difficult time with the Hindu lore myself, since the presentation is very heavy on the mixture of overblown genuflection and personal desires that I found so off-putting in some branches of Christianity. I worship none, and beg of none, so this does not suit. But I don't find that to be inherent in their gods.
(DIR) Post #464483 by tulsi@sunbeam.city
2018-10-10T13:44:38Z
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@thegibson @feonixrift Sri Ganesha - the remover of obstacles He definitely has a hacker vibe.
(DIR) Post #464508 by uranther@cybre.space
2018-10-10T13:47:16Z
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@tulsi @TheGibson @feonixrift He's also the deva of intellect and wisdom.
(DIR) Post #464561 by nobody@hackers.town
2018-10-10T13:51:07Z
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@thegibson In the book version of American Gods, television and internet were deities in their own right.
(DIR) Post #464574 by vector@weirder.earth
2018-10-10T13:51:50Z
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@thegibson In the sprawl trilogy Papa Legba kind of acts as a hacker God.
(DIR) Post #464682 by remotenemesis@hackers.town
2018-10-10T13:58:56Z
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@urantherHecate is my Hellenic guide.The Roman Eris my muse.@thegibson
(DIR) Post #465061 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-10-10T14:27:14Z
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@nobody yeah, but I dislike Gaiman's Technical Boy in both.
(DIR) Post #465112 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-10-10T14:31:50Z
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@vector covers the trickster aspect, but I personally prefer Inktomi and Coyote...But Legba works too.
(DIR) Post #465168 by garrett@hackers.town
2018-10-10T14:35:24Z
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@thegibson I'm theistically agnostic so I usually refer to things I can't explain as `The Big AI In The Sky`.
(DIR) Post #465287 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-10-10T14:45:13Z
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@garrett I am an anti-dogmatic universalist.
(DIR) Post #465366 by nobody@hackers.town
2018-10-10T14:52:37Z
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@thegibson Didn't he have kind of monitors for eyes in the book? Not sure my memory is right, but I liked that detail. You're right that he's not a good character though
(DIR) Post #465547 by bdunbar@mastodon.social
2018-10-10T15:03:53Z
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@thegibson Bugs Bunny. Not even kidding.
(DIR) Post #465559 by remotenemesis@hackers.town
2018-10-10T15:04:14Z
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@thegibson @garrett I lie to myself about still being an atheist but in truth I've never been the same since my mind was hacked in a Hermetic drive-by.Now I'm glitched. A corrupted frame in found-footage.
(DIR) Post #465582 by garrett@hackers.town
2018-10-10T15:05:05Z
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@remotenemesis @thegibson Oh I do love hermeticism! Not sure how much I believe though. I'm a regular user of tarot cards.
(DIR) Post #465587 by remotenemesis@hackers.town
2018-10-10T15:05:50Z
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@garrett @thegibson you don't have to believe to explore.
(DIR) Post #465845 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-10-10T15:22:30Z
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@bdunbar you're not wrong.
(DIR) Post #465972 by endomain@hackers.town
2018-10-10T15:30:17Z
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@thegibsonI've always preferred an ancestral tradition. Let's mediate on the ways of Babbage and Lovelace for guidance. Let's then again to the story of Pythagoras when in need of violent madness.
(DIR) Post #466308 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-10-10T15:46:35Z
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@endomain add Lord Byron and you've got the father, the daughter and the holy ghost.
(DIR) Post #466698 by ella_kane@hackers.town
2018-10-10T16:04:22Z
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@thegibson Loki's daughter, sometimes.
(DIR) Post #466764 by ella_kane@hackers.town
2018-10-10T16:06:47Z
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@garrett @remotenemesis @thegibson ah! We're now 4 with tarot cards on this town. Yes, I'm keeping count. Don't ask me why. 🤷🏻♂️
(DIR) Post #466777 by remotenemesis@hackers.town
2018-10-10T16:08:12Z
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@ella_kaneIt's in our nature.@garrett @thegibson
(DIR) Post #466889 by ella_kane@hackers.town
2018-10-10T16:15:06Z
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@remotenemesis @garrett @thegibson what is? Cards? Counting? Ahhh, curiosity!Don't ask me why, because even I don't know. ;)
(DIR) Post #467142 by remotenemesis@hackers.town
2018-10-10T16:28:06Z
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@ella_kaneAll of the above?@garrett @thegibson
(DIR) Post #474151 by rick_777@cybre.space
2018-10-10T23:57:37Z
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@TheGibsonLoki, definitely. He's the god of mischief.Also, Eris and Hopi. https://www.thoughtco.com/trickster-gods-and-goddesses-2561501
(DIR) Post #474356 by fidgety@hackers.town
2018-10-11T00:09:24Z
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@thegibsonAnd clever Fae-creatures with gnashing teeth dot the periphery.
(DIR) Post #474822 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-10-11T00:40:14Z
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@rick_777 The trickster is definitely in there.
(DIR) Post #474940 by ella_kane@hackers.town
2018-10-11T00:44:13Z
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@thegibson my bf questioned Perun being there because he's not a trickster and I was about to explain to him how "not all hackers", but then stopped.I was only going to get a migraine with this one. FORGIVE ME, OH LORD OF THE LOLCATS!!! :x
(DIR) Post #474950 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-10-11T00:45:05Z
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@ella_kane Right... not all hackers are tricksters... but electricity plays a big part.;)
(DIR) Post #475060 by nobody@hackers.town
2018-10-11T00:57:11Z
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@thegibson @ella_kane One of my earliest hacks was trying to run slot cars on mains power. It didn't work, but it didn't work in a very impressive little explosion.
(DIR) Post #475073 by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
2018-10-11T00:58:57Z
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@nobody @TheGibson @ella_kane I was about four years old when I first assembled The Forbidden Cable and filled a room with smoke like magic
(DIR) Post #475129 by nobody@hackers.town
2018-10-11T01:01:20Z
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@djsundog @thegibson @ella_kane It was so much fun, right? :D When we got circuit breakers instead of fuses, I experimented with what I could jam into a socket to make it pop or not pop.
(DIR) Post #475174 by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
2018-10-11T01:04:11Z
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@nobody @TheGibson @ella_kane absolutely - I've always been an experiment first ask questions later kind of dog
(DIR) Post #475261 by nobody@hackers.town
2018-10-11T01:10:46Z
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@djsundog @thegibson @ella_kane Speaking of dogs, I hooked it up to a hot dog once too. Boys Life actually told me to do that one. Not sure what the point was other than wondering if they could get kids to ruin food in interesting ways. Nobody sane would have thought anything edible would result.
(DIR) Post #475277 by _cr0_tab@freeradical.zone
2018-10-11T01:12:16Z
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@TheGibsonOdin was totally a hacker
(DIR) Post #475336 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-10-11T01:15:54Z
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@_cr0_tab indeed
(DIR) Post #475518 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-10-11T01:30:45Z
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@djsundog @nobody @ella_kane Same.
(DIR) Post #475541 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-10-11T01:32:36Z
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@djsundog @nobody @ella_kane Who hasn't? :)Only half kidding tho.
(DIR) Post #476808 by rook@hulvr.com
2018-10-11T03:13:54Z
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@thegibson @djsundog @nobody @ella_kane I did once bridge the live and neutral terminals of a plug while it was in the socket, at around that age.Learned a lot of things from that!Blue smoke. Skid marks. Metal vapor. Electro-kinetic transduction. And most importantly: "short path."
(DIR) Post #476975 by thegibson@hackers.town
2018-10-11T03:30:47Z
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@rook @djsundog @nobody @ella_kane At that age, you are the short path.I'll see myself out, try the veal... tip your waitress!