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[hacktivist]

It's telling to examine the similarities in emotional and computing vulnerabilities.

Many of the same security problems that existed in IPv4's implementation were not corrected in IPv6 (buffer overflows). One careless programmer can make a hundred thousand problems down the line with a brief lapse of attention (bounds checking). Constant vigilance and repeated testing of personal defenses are the only sure methods of safety.

And safety is a target in motion.

Generally speaking: how many times do you have to make the same mistake before you learn? Only once? Twice?



A hundred times?

Comments

[hacktivist]

Exactly.

Have you experienced this?

[borntobewildcat]

Of course I have. I think you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who hasn't.

[hacktivist]

Would you discuss it explicitly?

[borntobewildcat]

A time when I was emotionally compromised? Dude, I turn into a giant cat fueled by instinct, it happens more often than not.

[hacktivist]

...yes, that makes sense. [of course it does]

Have you ever lost yourself to the animal mind?

[borntobewildcat]

Only twice. Once back home, and once here.

It's not fun being a mindless animal, if that wasn't obvious.

[hacktivist]

Fun, no.

I imagine not.

How painful is it, however?

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[borntobewildcat]

You know something?

[And he switches to a private filter.]

It doesn't hurt at all, actually. In fact, it feels pretty damn awesome. It's liberating to just... not care and surrender control to a basic instinct.

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[hacktivist]

I see.

Some would find it more than slightly disconcerting to lose control of themselves.

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[borntobewildcat]

Oh, it's disconcerting, and I really don't like it. Who would be okay with surrendering to an instinct to kill?

Doesn't mean that it doesn't feel good.