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Alien (1979) (files.catbox.moe)

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The entire movie embodies Cassette Futurism, but IMO the self-destruct sequence is particularly great. The entire process looks so satisfying that I probably wouldn't be able to stop myself from running it if I were one of the crew.

More of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9CqREun_Bg

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Reminds me of this video about real world mechanisms that are used for arming nukes:
https://youtu.be/F1LPmAF2eNA

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