Oh, I default to using the hacker label as a compliment to programmers here on news.yc. I tend to assume (based on reading bits of code from various news.yc co

Oh, I default to using the hacker label as a compliment to programmers here on news.yc. I tend to assume (based on reading bits of code from various news.yc contributors) that many devs (carefully not bucketing myself in this group) here exhibit a level of mastery above a run of the mill corporate programmer.