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This is a hack in an older, juvenile sense of the word, the sense that found cars on top of MIT buildings and football fans holding up cards that spell "we suck
by nateburke 7y ago
This is a hack in an older, juvenile sense of the word, the sense that found cars on top of MIT buildings and football fans holding up cards that spell "we suck" in aggregate.
I might be getting older but "hack" these days seems to just mean "go to work" or even "go to work on the weekend".
- draw_down 7y agoCome on
- capableweb 7y ago> older, juvenile sense of the word Eh, alright. What's then the "hack" definition that is younger and more adult? In my mind, hack has always been the same. Clever thing that does what you want. That's it.
- konceptz 7y agoDidn’t look it up for source but I thought hacking was coined by model train enthusiasts, “hacking” together train sets.
- aaron695 7y agoThis is just like releasing an un-weaponized buffer overflow. It's now up to someone else to see where they can push it. Create a app that connects everyone's phones and spoofs GPS(Not sure this is technically easy) as a group.... What can you do? Create secret clubs of commuters? Draw a penis on Google maps? Fake data during viral outbreaks to maximise peoples exposures by making them all use the same overloaded car park at a hospital? Move cars into locations were there are riots? Google Maps data was used by researchers during the protests in Tehran. I'm sure the three letter agencies use it as well.
- dddw 7y agoyeah the word irked me too. seeing this comes from an art-context I'd call it an 'intervention' https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_intervention https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_intervention