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Came here to say that -- Although it has been my perception lately that we've been making progress in stealing the term 'hacker' back.

• hvs 15y ago
  Only to have it co-opted to mean doing anything. "Hey, I just hacked my resume together in Microsoft Word!", "I just hacked dinner together with some pans and some food!", "That was a great hack putting together that email!"
  • lepht 15y ago
    Bah, they can have the verb. It's the noun, 'hacker', that doesn't have a satisfactory equivalent, IMO.
    • Hexarcos 15y ago
      I'd like to verb to stay linked to the name too. I hacked that app in one night, sounds pretty good to me. Blame it on Hollywood.