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Sounds like "you can't learn true Judo without traveling to some mountain temple and eating nothing but rice and punching a brick wall all day for 3 years" Fur

Sounds like "you can't learn true Judo without traveling to some mountain temple and eating nothing but rice and punching a brick wall all day for 3 years" Furthermore, it's another case of some old Usenet hyperbole being taken as Gospel (or taken down as Gospel, which is ore the style now). One of the most important lessons the Jargon file has for "how to become a hacker", is "don't take anything too seriously."

floren 3y ago
> One of the most important lessons the Jargon file has for "how to become a hacker", is "don't take anything too seriously." Especially not the Jargon File. It largely comes from a particular period of time at MIT and Stanford, which is interesting in a historical sense but nobody should try and "become a hacker" by reading the Jargon File. Also it's had all sorts of injections and alterations by self-appointed Jargon File steward Eric Raymond, who should be ignored completely. I only wish I could have told my 16-year-old self this.
- vram22 3y ago
  >> One of the most important lessons the Jargon file has for "how to become a hacker", is "don't take anything too seriously." Change that to "how to live", and it is still true. :)
vram22 3y ago
>Sounds like "you can't learn true Judo without traveling to some mountain temple and eating nothing but rice and punching a brick wall all day for 3 years" Nothing but rice. Typical comment :) Let the other points go, but it's Kung Fu, and not just a brick wall. I hope. :) Shaolin.
- h2odragon 3y ago
  If you mix a metaphor hard enough, it begins to taste like metaphysics. If not, add more tequila.
  - vram22 3y ago
    Ha! >If you mix a metaphor hard enough, it begins to taste like metaphysics Make a new cocktail with that name: MetaPhorMetaPhysics >If not, add more tequila. Not my poison. Mine is H2O, like in your username.
    - vram22 3y ago
      >Make a new cocktail with that name: >MetaPhorMetaPhysics Did that blow your mind? It doesn't meta.

floren 3y ago

> One of the most important lessons the Jargon file has for "how to become a hacker", is "don't take anything too seriously." Especially not the Jargon File. It largely comes from a particular period of time at MIT and Stanford, which is interesting in a historical sense but nobody should try and "become a hacker" by reading the Jargon File. Also it's had all sorts of injections and alterations by self-appointed Jargon File steward Eric Raymond, who should be ignored completely. I only wish I could have told my 16-year-old self this.

vram22 3y ago
>> One of the most important lessons the Jargon file has for "how to become a hacker", is "don't take anything too seriously." Change that to "how to live", and it is still true. :)

vram22 3y ago

>Sounds like "you can't learn true Judo without traveling to some mountain temple and eating nothing but rice and punching a brick wall all day for 3 years" Nothing but rice. Typical comment :) Let the other points go, but it's Kung Fu, and not just a brick wall. I hope. :) Shaolin.

h2odragon 3y ago
If you mix a metaphor hard enough, it begins to taste like metaphysics. If not, add more tequila.
- vram22 3y ago
  Ha! >If you mix a metaphor hard enough, it begins to taste like metaphysics Make a new cocktail with that name: MetaPhorMetaPhysics >If not, add more tequila. Not my poison. Mine is H2O, like in your username.
  - vram22 3y ago
    >Make a new cocktail with that name: >MetaPhorMetaPhysics Did that blow your mind? It doesn't meta.