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I was under the impression that a hacker is in the top 2% of all programmers. What is the currently accepted definition for hacker around here?
by trapper 17y ago
I was under the impression that a hacker is in the top 2% of all programmers.
What is the currently accepted definition for hacker around here?
- SwellJoe 17y agoI was under the impression that a hacker is in the top 2% of all programmers. Quite right. And only those who are better can judge who the top 2% are. So if we can just figure out who the top 1% of hackers are, we'll get this figured out once and for all, eh?
- trapper 17y agohttp://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html
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- vorador 17y agoDoes it really matter to be a hacker or not ? - or rather, to be called a "hacker".
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- vorador 17y agoYes, but calling somebody a "hacker" is completely subjective, contrary to a doctor for instance. And somebody's hacker is someone else's noob.
- stijnm 17y agoI beg to differ when you say '[...] contrary to a doctor'. The semantics of a word are always subjective - even 'doctor' does not imply a clearly defined occupation/activity-set. This is due to: - own experience I beg to differ when you say '[...] contrary to a doctor'. The semantics of a word are always subjective - even 'doctor' does not imply a clearly defined occupation/activity-set. This is due to: - own experience - knowledge of a language - intelligence - ... Sorry, completely off topic. On topic: I had a quick look and I like the idea junglee Some comments: - It is 'messy' in my subjective unprofessional view. (sorry to be vague) - It may be good for some of your lists to get some data/be influenced by 'trusted specialist sites'. - Colours are atrocious - It seemed to load slow switching between FAQ and Blog. (Only thing I tested.) - Try to have a separate section on your site for partners or those wanting to work with you commercially. Have a discrete link going from the main site to that separate section. I am looking at 'Advertise' link. Carrying on from the previous point, why have prime-website-real estate near the top of your page point to boring things like 'privacy' and 'terms'. Just some random thoughts.
- junglee 17y agohey stij, thanks for the feedback! regarding specialist data, point taken and something for me to think about. there are a number of content aggregators out there, especially in the best of category. sort of the point of qrisper is to aggregate opinions and link to specialist data. if specialist sites want to partner up, well then that's another story. the color scheme i think will remain a hot topic. people either like it a lot or find it rather offensive.
- iterationx 17y agoi think its very un-hackeresque to obsess over labels - since they do nothing, no offense.