Sneakers.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/95izj7/sneake...

On the 'help' page, the Cray-like machine from the film Sneakers is listed under "Honourable mentions":

https://www.starringthecomputer.com/help.html

From the site:

> The following films do not appear on the site because I believe the computers they feature are mock ups and therefore do not qualify.

That seems like an odd distinction if it's clearly portraying a Cray. It's not like we have any proof that e.g. the Commodore 64 used in Mr. Robot was the real deal.

With Ryûichi Sakamoto as The Director.

He’s the reason Mogwai have a track called “Ritchie Sacramento”

Thanks for this tidbit!

Similar to PayU.

https://czech.payu.com/en/

More context:

https://eieio.games/blog/the-secret-inside-one-million-check...

Aaaah this fills in the gaps! Thanks!

Hofstadter's law. :-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter%27s_law

What I found helpful early in my career:

Book: Code Complete - Steve McConnell

https://www.amazon.com/Code-Complete-Practical-Handbook-Cons...

A bit dated maybe, but still very informative!

I second Code Complete.

The Pragmatic Programmer and Code Complete were integral on my first job.

Thank you! I think this one will be helpful for them and for me.

When I press "All Times Stats", I see "Games Played: 2". But I only played today. Off-by-one error?

Earlier discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34168452