The process isn't a hack, but the end result is :) Not a "quick and cheap dirty hack" but a "I've manipulated a system to do something different or better in a

The process isn't a hack, but the end result is :) Not a "quick and cheap dirty hack" but a "I've manipulated a system to do something different or better in a novel way" sense of a hack. My wife had epidurals during the delivery of our children. That, even though it was a medical procedure, was totally a hack :) Inserting novacaine into the spinal column to deaden nerve receptors == hacking the body :) That doesn't mean it wasn't serious business or a big deal. It just means that we figured out a neat way to manipulate an existing system for beneficial results.