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veen  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Stupid Projects From The Stupid Hackathon

There's a couple more good ones over at their site!

Hacking can also mean using something for a different purpose than it was intended, often using technology. Other than that, it's just a hip word, so they'll get more people interested if they use those words.





elizabeth  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I remember volunteering at a web conference thing and the guy on stage kept saying how they (the hackers) created this great app during the hackathon to help something something. They literally just coded an app. I don't know why it really got on my nerves but maybe that's just because he must have said they were hackers about 20 times in his 30 min presentation...

I think we need a new word for actual hackers now. Any suggestions?

People on the internet are not great at naming thing. Who the hell came up with the "black hat/ white hat" terminology? Am I the only one that finds that name funny/ridiculous? I wana work as a "top hat" SEO person when I grow up :P

veen  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I think we need a new word for actual hackers now. Any suggestions?

We already have one, they're called NSA agents.

(just kidding)