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What does this have to do with hacking???

• dang 8y ago
  HN is for anything that's intellectually interesting. That's been the case for the 10+ years that this site has been called Hacker News. Please read the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  • rasputinmachine 8y ago
    Did not see that. Guess I need to spend more time on this site. :-/
• pesmhey 8y ago
  There is something about hacking that makes it a sort of anti-authority, counter-culture activity. In the event of a fascist coup, in whatever country, or even the entire western neoliberal order, I feel this deeply, that hackers would be at the forefront of the resistance. There’s something about sitting in a room and taking something apart to understand how it works that feels incompatible with fascism. I’m not exactly sure how to articulate it, but it exists. Tldr: it has EVERYTHING to do with hacking
  • krageon 8y ago
    There are many, many hackers gainfully employed in the deepest, darkest recesses of every government. I think directly saying that it is incompatible with fascism is a bit of a stretch, although I do agree that it is a nice thought.
    • tomjen3 8y ago
      I don't think working for e.g the CIA making gizmos to fool the communists is at all against the hacker spirit. In fact finding new and innovative ways to beat collectivists seems to me exactly the hacker way.
    • pesmhey 8y ago
      You’re right. Gotta have ideals at least.
• jjtheblunt 8y ago
  It's an alternate interpretation of a set of commands, to effect an intentional exploit.