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"6/5 looks like flaming garbage" - Anon Reviews
~*RIP Jinteki
With jinteki.industries ded and Cyberlife having replaced almost every link with one to lainchan, I'm creating an alternative with some actual substance. That said:
Stop by Lainchan.org, still the schwayest place in cyberspace.
And while you're at it, dust off that IRC client, hop on #/g/punk on Rizon and say hi to "Finnfinn".
~* What the fuck is cyberpunk?
Suggesting a definition will invariably result in a shitstorm, so you should always do it stick your tiny dick in a blender.
In general, it's dystopian sci-fi, often described as "high-tech, low-life". For those who can't wipe their own ass:
If you got a hobo on designer drugs with more silicon in his body than food in his stomach and neon signs drawing more power than your mobility scooter, you're probably looking at a cyberpunk setting. Another good indicator would be huge corporations ruling the world. Basically right now.
~* Mood & Aesthetics
Grab yourself some coffee, put a new battery in that vape and sit your ass down, chummer.
~* Media
Consoom like a good drone.
*Books
- Anything by William Gibson is pure gold, sprawl trilogy in particular
- Mirrorshades is a good compilation of short-stories, also Bruce Sterling in general
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, check out the rest of his shit as well
- A Song Called Youth by John Shirley
- Mindplayers by Pat Cadigan
- Isaac Asimov for his handling of androids, lacking cyberpunk aspects though
- Look for Shadowrun stories
- Try your luck on Wattpad
*Weebshit
- Akira
- Cyberpunk Edgerunners
- Everything Ghost In The Shell
*TV series and movies
- Bladerunnter
- Altered Carbon
- I'd suggest Matrix but fuck Matrix forever
- Black Mirror for heavy-handed social commentary
*Vidya
- The Deus Ex series
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Shadowrun trilogy
- Satellite Reign
*Music
- Synthwave, EDM, Outrun
- Whatever the fuck you want, seriously
Suggest more via IRC.
~* Avoid surveillance
Let your tools work for you, not for others.
*Mobile Surveillance Unit
Your primary concern should probably be making it harder for the man to spy on you. Unfortunately, the handheld communication device in your pocket is the biggest problem you have. Fortunately, you have some options.
- Put your smartphone in a Faraday cage. Line your pocken with some chicken wire or just repurpose anti-static packaging you may have lying around from your last hardware purchase. Do your wireless connections go to shit? Good. You're done.
- Install an Android distribution that either doesn't come with Google apps at all or puts them in a sandbox. Replicant for the former or GrapheneOS for the latter.
- Don't have a phone. Probably not an option for you.
- Get a Pinephone
Keep in mind that your carrier can track you as long as you have cell signal.
iOS users don't deserve privacy.
*Station
Windows and MacOS will phone home. Constantly. Use a GNU/Linux or BSD as your daily driver, maybe keep Microshit or FagOS around for compatibility. Building on that, /g/ actually has some good shit in psg threads.
~* Tools for meatspace
WIP
Because we still spend our life in it.