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I admire the kid's hacker spirit!

by Stratoscope 7y ago

rantwasp 7y ago
disrupting the day of all the drivers on that freeway
- s5300 7y ago
  Pardon my CNN... Cracks monster Sips - yuuup https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/us/florida-ups-truck-police-chase-shooting/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/us/florida-ups-truck-police-c... Lot of things disrupt people's day on the road...
matz1 7y ago
While he didn't achieve the goal to buy the lambo, the kid still get to ride in a lambo the following day. Amazing and its not too crazy to think that some rich guy somewhere decided to gift this kid a lambo after reading the story.
save_ferris 7y ago
No thanks, would you still feel that way if the kid got into a wreck and killed himself or someone else on the highway? Do admire the hacker spirit of a small child that gets a hold of a firearm and accidentally kills someone with it? Don’t get me wrong, it’s great that this story didn’t end up with someone dead. But 5 is way too young to be doing stuff like this.
- matz1 7y ago
  It precisely because he somewhat "successful", no body admire a failure.
- sunkenvicar 7y ago
  It seems like you replied to the wrong comment.
- SilasX 7y ago
  There was an HN story way back when that admired pickpocketing, and I was similarly unimpressed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6065434 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6065434
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- Stratoscope 7y ago
  You have a good point, of course. I find myself simultaneously admiring the kid's chutzpah, horrified at what could have gone wrong, and grateful that nothing did. At least he didn't move fast and break things!
- blendergeek 7y ago
  We admire the hacker spirit. Obviously, we also support the cop who saved the kid. And if something had gone wrong, our admiration would be overshadowed by grief. Yet in this situation, thankfully, nothing catastrophic occurred. I hope the kid learns a lesson but still maintains a spirit of adventure and discovery. Obviously 5 is to young to be driving a car. Its not to young to be dreaming of driving a car.

I admire the kid's hacker spirit!

rantwasp 7y ago

disrupting the day of all the drivers on that freeway

s5300 7y ago
Pardon my CNN... Cracks monster Sips - yuuup https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/us/florida-ups-truck-police-chase-shooting/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/us/florida-ups-truck-police-c... Lot of things disrupt people's day on the road...

matz1 7y ago

While he didn't achieve the goal to buy the lambo, the kid still get to ride in a lambo the following day. Amazing and its not too crazy to think that some rich guy somewhere decided to gift this kid a lambo after reading the story.

save_ferris 7y ago

No thanks, would you still feel that way if the kid got into a wreck and killed himself or someone else on the highway? Do admire the hacker spirit of a small child that gets a hold of a firearm and accidentally kills someone with it? Don’t get me wrong, it’s great that this story didn’t end up with someone dead. But 5 is way too young to be doing stuff like this.

matz1 7y ago
It precisely because he somewhat "successful", no body admire a failure.
sunkenvicar 7y ago
It seems like you replied to the wrong comment.
SilasX 7y ago
There was an HN story way back when that admired pickpocketing, and I was similarly unimpressed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6065434 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6065434
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Stratoscope 7y ago
You have a good point, of course. I find myself simultaneously admiring the kid's chutzpah, horrified at what could have gone wrong, and grateful that nothing did. At least he didn't move fast and break things!
blendergeek 7y ago
We admire the hacker spirit. Obviously, we also support the cop who saved the kid. And if something had gone wrong, our admiration would be overshadowed by grief. Yet in this situation, thankfully, nothing catastrophic occurred. I hope the kid learns a lesson but still maintains a spirit of adventure and discovery. Obviously 5 is to young to be driving a car. Its not to young to be dreaming of driving a car.