"hackers"

Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to
Wed Apr 24 03:17:15 UTC 2013


On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 22:54:07 -0400,
   Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> wrote:
>
>I've been interviewed a couple of times by CBC and other media. Each 
>time I explain what "hackers" means, and it doesn't really go 
>anywhere. The way I see it, we just need more positive "hacker" and 
>maker stories than there are bad ones. In the mean time, don't let it 
>get to you. Just go do good stuff.

You know the term wasn't all that positive in its earlier use. Using hacks 
instead of doing things right isn't a good thing. (Though it might be 
good in some cases to trade off time and effort now against future 
costs.)


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