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I think that this is the correct reference http://ntraft.com/the-carpenter-and-the-engineer/

> Some time later, The Carpenter ran into Bob Plissken at a local technology meet-up. “John! What happened at Thing?” Bob wanted to know, “I asked them what they thought of you, and all they would say was, Writes unreadable code. I thought it was a lock! I thought you’d finally make your escape from New York.” > The Carpenter smiled. “I forgot about them, it’s been a while. So, do They Live?”"

The character's name is "John, The Carpenter".

bob plissken - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_Plissken the thing - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/ escape from new york - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/ they live - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/

FWIW, I don't get the connection to javascript interviews either.

Let's not forget Assault on Precinct 13 (www.imdb.com/title/tt0074156/) and Christine (www.imdb.com/title/tt0085333/) :)

They Live is a Carpenter movie in which aliens in invisible pizza masks - you can see them if you have special magic shades - live among us and control us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp_K8prLfso

And of course there's The Thing, which does an excellent job of explaining why you should you never allow important data to be mutable.

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