> You might be surprised to find out that "because it's 'beautiful' or purely intellectually stimulating" is the essence of the 'Hacker' ethos for which this si

> You might be surprised to find out that "because it's 'beautiful' or purely intellectually stimulating" is the essence of the 'Hacker' ethos for which this site is named Is it? I thought hacking was more (Or at least also) focused on exploration and making things work [0]. A Y-combinator doesn't really seem to fall into "'beautiful' or purely intellectually stimulating" either [1]. It seems like something that has practical value, as it enables recursion. I also don't think all these things are mutually exclusive. I find consensus algorithms to be quite fascinating and they also seem to have massive practical value, which is why I want understand them more deeply and perhaps implement one. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_culture [1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/93526/what-is-a-y-combinator https://stackoverflow.com/questions/93526/what-is-a-y-combin...