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During "Metal Tornado", timestamp 12:28 on the following URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ-knIeSkPc

Looks like an XML parser, perhaps Emacs Lisp? Wonder why they chose that code.

So if you misconfigure Emacs, does it create a magnetic tornado spewing destruction across nearby cities? ;)

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[–] wademealing@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/xml-parse.el

Its funny as I also saw this same code in "Artic Blast" another B movie. The amount of damage related to this area of code is increasing.

I guess thats why they call it

*puts shades on*

Destructive editing.

[–] JemmaTrans2022@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

It must be the same production crews behind most of these films... they constantly reuse the same sets and props.

To be honest, Emacs XML parsing isn't the funniest from these silly films. The best was an "FAA investigator" finding a GPU circuit board glued to an extractor fan and saying "oh no... it's satellite debris"

[–] raevnos@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

So if you misconfigure Emacs, does it create a magnetic tornado spewing destruction across nearby cities?

Oh, it's much much worse than that. It drops you into vi.

[–] progalienware@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Direct link to the right timestamp within the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ-knIeSkPc&t=747s

You're welcome! ;-)

[–] JemmaTrans2022@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I'd forgotten how to link to specific timestamps directly :)

[–] Kodiologist@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Somebody probably hit C-u one too many times when invoking metal-tornado-mode. Happens all the time.