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Is it hacking to do something because you want to call it a hack? Or proclaim that you're hacking? This sort of practice has sort of peeved me a little. I may n
by sukuriant 16y ago
Is it hacking to do something because you want to call it a hack? Or proclaim that you're hacking? This sort of practice has sort of peeved me a little. I may not be a hacker in the proper sense, and perhaps that's my problem, but when someone thinks to themselves "I wonder if I can make a hack out of this" in regards to chopsticks, it seems like less of a hack than "I wonder if I can use all 6 at once!"
The distinction, in my mind, is "intent to hack" vs "intent to do/achieve/circumvent".
It was such a miniscule part of what he said, but that part sincerely rubbed me the wrong way :/
- vog 16y agoIt is the other way round: The term "a hack" appeared after the terms "hacker" and "hacking".
- sukuriant 16y ago"I did not know any way to do that, so I realized that if I could come up with a way, it would be a hack. I started thinking. After a few seconds I had an idea." I'm referring to this part, at the very beginning. "I realized that if I could do this, it'd be a hack". I don't know, it just seemed like he was trying to do something because it would therefore be called a hack. That's how I perceived what he said. This is all personal, and that sort of thing rubbed me the wrong way, as though he was trying to do something just to prove he was a hacker, not wanting to do something to see if he could and that happening to be a hack. It's a subtle distinction, but seems to result in very different things. And yes, I know this is Richard Stallman we're talking about. There is no question of his hacker-ness.