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You’re not cynical. The writer is self absorbed and many many people became “hackers” for similar ”cool” reasons. Really you’re all just generic and overplayed
by ninetyninenine 1y ago
You’re not cynical. The writer is self absorbed and many many people became “hackers” for similar ”cool” reasons.
Really you’re all just generic and overplayed programmers. It’s the same thing that causes programmers to call themselves ninjas and rockstars while someone like a chemical engineer doesn’t.
- basilikum 1y agoHacker and Programmer are categorically different.
- StarGrit 1y agoThere is significant overlap between the two groups.
- ninetyninenine 1y agoPlumber is a category as well. The difference is that plumbers do not gather once a year to declare the Eternal Principles of Pipe. There is no Council of the Wrench. No one is arguing about the True Spirit of the Elbow Joint. They simply tighten the fitting and go home.
- panzagl 1y agoI believe Adam Savage has relayed the Plumber's Manifesto at some point: 1 Shit flows downhill 2 Payday's on Friday
- ratelimitsteve 1y agothey didn't used to be and the difference was only barely developing at the time this was written
- StarGrit 1y agoI think the Ninja stuff tbh comes from like a lot of pseudo-eastern philosophy that people buy into when it comes to programming and/or videos games e.g. the CSS Zen Garden.