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>Also, a lot of the trailers focus on cracking, it appears, and not hacking as in doing creative things and using things in ways not expected? Why would someone
by nawitus 12y ago
>Also, a lot of the trailers focus on cracking, it appears, and not hacking as in doing creative things and using things in ways not expected? Why would someone aiming at the tech community use a word so wrongly, and in a way that riles some of us up?
Because most of 'us' stopped complaining about that ten years ago. The meaning of words change.
- pyre 12y agoYet you hang out on 'Hacker News' without fear of being associated with black hats?
- modfodder 12y agobecause "Crack the Planet" doesn't have the same ring...
- kipple 12y agoStopped complaining when laypersons misuse it, sure. But can't we keep the real meaning within our own nomenclature? When I go to a hackathon I expect to be building something.