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I find it amusing that 90% of 4chan's comments are misunderstanding the term "hacker" as it is applied to HN & the Startup scene.

• mhurron 14y ago
  No, I find it about right. Everything is hacking and everyone is an engineer around here. Wake up at 5am now? Hacking your sleep pattern. Move a button to the right, Layout hacking. Learn what the html tag means, web engineer. Discovered vi, system engineer. Edit (find?) your .bash_profile on OS X, OS X hacking system engineer. I see this all as nothing but the continued dilution of the terms to nothingness.
  • sakopov 14y ago
    Thanks for a down-vote. I don't see where i said i agree with it. I simply said their definition is simply different from the one floating around in the startup scene and i found it humorous. Whether it is right or wrong is your personal opinion.
    • mhurron 14y ago
      We could add 'whining about downvotes' to the list of things that are irritating about this sites community. Since you're attempting to accuse me of something I didn't do, I didn't downvote anyone, I commented. Stop whining.
      • sakopov 14y ago
        Oh wow. This attitude is exactly why i don't post much on HN. Have fun being a dick.