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Leave it to lawyers to figure that 'Hacker News' is a bad guy collective. Good thing that Wikipedia is here to help: Reflecting the two types of hackers, ther
by annoyingnoob 6y ago
Leave it to lawyers to figure that 'Hacker News' is a bad guy collective.
Good thing that Wikipedia is here to help:
Reflecting the two types of hackers, there are two definitions of the word "hacker":
1. An adherent of the technology and programming subculture; see hacker
culture.
2. Someone who is able to subvert computer security. If doing so for
malicious purposes, the person can also be called a cracker.
- xwdv 6y agoThere are some pretty bad guys around here so it's not entirely wrong.
- andbberger 6y agoIt is a capitalist forum after all, a space to worship assholes and publish some dangerously spicy takes on poverty and homelessness. Sorry about your property value!!
- EE84M3i 6y ago"Editor’s Note: Welcome Hackers! Not sure how Hacker News found this article but I see a ton of folks headed in from that website, which I presume is some sort of aggregator for news articles of interest to folks that like to hack stuff. Feel free to have a look around the website–check out our cool podcast–and tell any friends that might like this nerdy stuff. But don’t hack anything please. Thanks. " I read it more as a joke
- annoyingnoob 6y ago> which I presume is some sort of aggregator for news articles of interest to folks that like to hack stuff Its the presumption that makes me think its not a joke but a misunderstanding.
- smegcicle 6y agoThat's pretty presumptuous for something that is obviously a cautious joke
- wyattpeak 6y agoI mean, we use the term "hacker" consciously as a reclamation, we can hardly be surprised or affronted when people outside the circle mistake it for its more common negative meaning. I suspect that people wanting to reclaim the term are over-represented in Wikipedia editors, too.
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