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phf is actually going to HOPE, which was always a parody of a "hacker culture", coming as it is from
2600 circles, but at it's in new york and it's an opportunity to spend time with my new york friends. last time i was at HOPE that was 2010 or so, when the whole theme was g.w.bush as 1984/hitler. at least hope delivers in lulz department. wozniak is going to be there, signing apple ii's or whatever.
phf: there was a fat guy at
2600 meetups in dc (in crystal city, which are unfortunately no more), who was doing infosec for mil and who always had cool toys. i mean coming from moscow in the 90s, all these people casually showing off the $3000 equipment, talking of dumpster diving whole computers, it was kind of like moving into The Hackers. culture ~completely~ dead
phf: it very much reminds me of
2600 and related radios. i guess it's the same brooklyn resistance scene. the east coast counterpart to west coast mondo holywood
phf: yeah, pretty much. but
2600 has the whole "fight the powa!!1" vibe to it, this is more of a trashy 16 y/o internet club rats learning how to deface websites.