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I am, without any sarcasm, very glad to see the scare quotes around the word "hacker" here. I'm thankful that there's a dawning collective agreement that the te
by gue5t 13y ago
I am, without any sarcasm, very glad to see the scare quotes around the word "hacker" here. I'm thankful that there's a dawning collective agreement that the term as used in this community ("someone who makes websites or software, generally as a career") has completely devalued its original meaning, which is not without merit, and which is very hard to bind to another term at this point.
- trentmb 13y agoThat and it just sounds silly.
- dinkumthinkum 13y agoI'm not sure if the author means what you think. I think the quoting is about ... not presumptuously putting one's self in that group, more like modesty. Although I am sympathetic what you're saying ... but we are on HN ... Hackers and Painters and all.