while I (attempt to) reread Berne, here's a possibly interesting Victorian trichotomy (probably in different terms than I give here): attributes - things you w

while I (attempt to) reread Berne, here's a possibly interesting Victorian trichotomy (probably in different terms than I give here): attributes - things you were born with accomplishments - things you have via practice (paid the time) acquisitions - things you have via purchase (paid the cash) [and I'm calling Altman's anecdote weak sauce; I agree it's hustle not hack. Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c412hqucHKw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c412hqucHKw ] EDIT: showing up on the client's doorstep has been done by salescritters since the day after commission was invented. A hack involves exploiting a property of a system that no one had previously realised exploitable. (Note here that despite popular usage, I only consider most computer crackers to be airquote "hackers".)