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Or, someone just prefers the iPhone. One can "hack" without all the "requirements" posted by you. Do you drive a car you didn't build yourself? Then you're no h

Or, someone just prefers the iPhone. One can "hack" without all the "requirements" posted by you. Do you drive a car you didn't build yourself? Then you're no hacker! Read books you didn't bind in the cover your prefer? Not a hacker! Write software in languages other than Brainf*ck? Sorry, turn in your hacker badge. Any time you feel the temptation to claim that someone is "not an X" based on your own private criteria, I'd suggest rethinking it. Some labels have well defined requirements (a Baseball player is someone who plays baseball). However, many labels are entirely in the eye of the beholder, and pronouncing to someone "Hah! You're not an X" generally makes one look bitter and insecure.

w1ntermute 14y ago
> Do you drive a car you didn't build yourself? Then you're no hacker! Read books you didn't bind in the cover your prefer? Not a hacker! I didn't know we were discussing car building or book binding. I thought this was a site primarily targeted at the technology community. > Write software in languages other than Brainfuck? Sorry, turn in your hacker badge. Now you're just being facetious. Please stop, it only helps to invalidate your own argument. > Any time you feel the temptation to claim that someone is "not an X" based on your own private criteria, I'd suggest rethinking it. I will, the next time I am basing it on private criteria. Since I have not done that in this case (as my criteria are well-accepted and long-existing), I'm not sure why you made this statement. > pronouncing to someone "Hah! You're not an X" generally makes one look bitter and insecure. Once again, resorting to ad hominem attacks only makes you look desperate and helps to invalidate your other statements. I would advise that you not use them if you want to be taken seriously.

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Or, someone just prefers the iPhone. One can "hack" without all the "requirements" posted by you. Do you drive a car you didn't build yourself? Then you're no h

by archgrove 14y ago

w1ntermute 14y ago
> Do you drive a car you didn't build yourself? Then you're no hacker! Read books you didn't bind in the cover your prefer? Not a hacker! I didn't know we were discussing car building or book binding. I thought this was a site primarily targeted at the technology community. > Write software in languages other than Brainfuck? Sorry, turn in your hacker badge. Now you're just being facetious. Please stop, it only helps to invalidate your own argument. > Any time you feel the temptation to claim that someone is "not an X" based on your own private criteria, I'd suggest rethinking it. I will, the next time I am basing it on private criteria. Since I have not done that in this case (as my criteria are well-accepted and long-existing), I'm not sure why you made this statement. > pronouncing to someone "Hah! You're not an X" generally makes one look bitter and insecure. Once again, resorting to ad hominem attacks only makes you look desperate and helps to invalidate your other statements. I would advise that you not use them if you want to be taken seriously.