4 ms·
When I worked at a law firm that specialized in corporate law (in IT), they had a dedicated team just to find ways to exploit errors with wording and commas in
by FuriouslyAdrift 2y ago
When I worked at a law firm that specialized in corporate law (in IT), they had a dedicated team just to find ways to exploit errors with wording and commas in contracts.
- rbanffy 2y agoLawyers and hackers are very similar professions.
- singleshot_ 2y agoI would tend to disagree with that, but if you’re also an attorney with a cybersecurity background, I’d love to know why you think this.
- mewpmewp2 2y agoWhat about any sort of inspectors who try to find flaws in things, like e.g. buildings or otherwise?
- ursamin 2y agolanguage lawyer: This is using a restricted (and much aligned) meaning of the word "hacker" and not the one codified by members of Hacker News.
- fragmede 2y ago(maligned)
- ValentineC 2y agoJust being pedantic and curious here: I'm assuming you're using "lawyer" casually with a "language" qualifier, not authorised to give professional legal advice, or specialising in legal language nuances?
- rbanffy 2y ago> specialising in legal language nuances? Hackers (in the HN sense) also excel with programming language nuances.
- Galacta7 2y agoSee also theologians and philosophers (also good at finding loopholes in theories).