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[-] lime@feddit.nu 29 points 3 days ago

i will never understand why they took the text from kung fury and replaced the guy. like, this is just "some guy" to me, while this

just screams "this man only fucks computers"

[-] myrrh@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

...by choice though: the dude hacked time, so he can pull whomever he chooses...

[-] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 2 days ago
[-] BillyCrystalMeth@slrpnk.net 12 points 3 days ago

The joke is that Mr. Robot is a hackerman

[-] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 3 days ago

i don't know who that is, i boycotted the show because of their shitty advertisement practices

[-] BillyCrystalMeth@slrpnk.net 14 points 3 days ago

It's the actor Rami Malek, he plays the main character in Mr. Robot, and he's a hacker. The show revolves around that. The show has a dark tone, so the joke is having him as hackerman.

The show is good, I highly recommend it.

[-] noxypaws@pawb.social 3 points 2 days ago

Mr Robot is genuinely one of the best TV shows of all time. Right up there with The Sopranos in my opinion.

[-] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago
[-] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 2 days ago

well so is kung fury and kenny starfighter and i bet you haven't seen those

[-] noxypaws@pawb.social 1 points 2 days ago
[-] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

What did they do? I've never heard anything about this but I love the show.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 3 days ago

they had a whole series of ads disguised as actual malware and ads for other things. they partnered with amazon to add capabilities to alexa without disclosing it to users, and they partnered with mozilla to push out firefox extensions through a back-channel making people think they'd been infected.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

More bummed that firefox went along with it. That was when i stopped trusting them

[-] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 2 days ago

from what i understood it wasn't that they went along as much as it was one guy with access bypassing the trust chains for the sake of marketing. ...which is even more reason to not trust them, obviously.

[-] Rothe@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

I am a bit confused. How can a tv-show push out firefox extensions?

[-] lime@feddit.nu 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

firefox has this thing called surveys, which can install and run in-browser extensions. it's meant for a/b testing, and very tightly controlled as to not blow the trust of the users. basically the entire corp needs to sign off on a survey.

...but then the mr robot showrunners knew some c-level at mozilla and he pushed their code out without telling anyone. he bypassed all the security routines. and the extension had no mr robot branding on it, just some spyware name from the show, meaning that everyone suddenly had an extra extension named something like "spyglass" and moz support couldn't answer why because they weren't told.

[-] imjustmsk@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

What shitty advertisment practices did it had? I wasn't around when it aired but I finished the show recently and Its great.

[-] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

YOU WERE BORN AFTER 2017???? WHAT.

[-] imjustmsk@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

nah nah, bad wording right - my english is bad too lol-- I meant I wasn't around as in , in the internet much - used to just watch stupid youtube videos.

[-] 4am@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

Also there is no way that either of these things are old enough to be on Antiques Meme Show…oh….oh Jesus 👴🏻

[-] jaycifer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I hate to tell you, but I saved this image in November of 2016. It’s at least a decade old.

[-] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago

Man Mr robot was such a good show

[-] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Real hackers hold the power button on their TV till it reboots to fix the Internet

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

ping -t -4 www.google.com

Leet haxor

[-] modus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago
[-] Syndication@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

tracert www.google.com

Ma'am this is Microsoft world wide web technical support, run this command for anti virus. Oh no ma'am, all these foreign IPs are hackers infecting your computer! Please send Google Play card. No ma'am, DO NOT REDEEM!!

[-] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

NOOOOOO!! I SAID DO NOT REDEEM DO NOT REDEEM!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU???

[-] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago
[-] testaccount789@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

ping 0x7F.0377.65534 (synonym of 127.255.255.254)

[-] auzy1@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Power cycling...

We definitely had customers who "reset" their router. They definitely didn't fix their Internet (especially when it was pppoe)

[-] Syndication@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

My Internet only goes out when my ISP is doing maintenance or is genuinely down. I wish it was possible to do some hacker magic and have it back up and working, but alas, sometimes there's nothing you can do except just wait.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

...so you haven't tried unplugging the router and plugging it back in?

[-] Syndication@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Heh, I still do in the small hope that it's just on my end! I usually get a text on my phone if it's down for maintenance though.

I was just saying that when I reset my router, it doesn't fix the problem. It's crappy comcast.

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

This guy doesnt configure their router

[-] SuDmit 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I quite suspect that resetting router wouldn't fix wifi for me. Rebooting though... Sometimes probably.

[-] meowcar420@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

arent resetting and rebooting the same?

[-] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Reset - set back to a known good state, usually factory/ISP defaults. for normies.

[-] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I'm no leet haxor man but I think no they're not the same. I'll wait for Mr robot to come explain.

this post was submitted on 31 May 2026
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