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I don't see how this is for "Hackers"? It has nothing about security applications.
by Ninn 10y ago
I don't see how this is for "Hackers"? It has nothing about security applications.
- monsieurbanana 10y agoFor most people nowadays the word hacker means a guy who pirates stuff and steals your facebook accounts, but the original meaning is just a clever programmer.
- majewsky 10y agoSee also the definition of "hacker" in the Jargon File: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html
- scoot 10y agoVisits Hacker News, pretends not know what 'hacker' means in this context. Nice try OP.
- collyw 10y ago"For most people nowadays the word hacker means" He isn't talking about HN readers but Joe Public. A few days ago our head of creative strategies passed my machine when I was doing a load of work in a terminal. He asked what I was doing and if I was a hacker. (I told him it depended what you define as a hacker).
- weego 10y agoLets ignore how you actually don't know what the guy was saying and are instead projecting, a NN library with fairly rough documentation that's hosted on github is relevant to Joe Public how?
- collyw 10y agoI have no idea what your comment means. Apparently I am projecting, but beyond that it makes no sense to me.
- nxzero 10y agoIn pop culture, hacker is someone who breaks into computer systems. For better understanding of the term, see "hacker culture": https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_culture https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_culture
- datashaman 10y agothe term shifts over time.