3 ms·
> You might be right that there aren't many "hackers" on HN, but a lot of it has to do with how you define the term. Exactly. Here on HN the confusion is wors
by gbrindisi 15y ago
> You might be right that there aren't many "hackers" on HN, but a lot of it has to do with how you define the term.
Exactly.
Here on HN the confusion is worsened because the definition of "hacker" has shifted from ~"security expert" to ~"technical enterpreuner".
Nothing wrong in redefining terms but we shouldn't be surprised if outside here hacker has another meaning.
- caf 15y ago~"security expert" has never been the canonical definition. http://catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html http://catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html