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by dijit 2388 days ago
There was a term from the early 00's for malicious "hackers", which was crackers.

Yes, it doesn't have the same ring to it so I understand why the media didn't latch on to it.

But if the media is unwilling to budge should we just make a new word? "Hack" was never a good term to begin with, originating from the model railroad club at MIT.
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lsofzz 2388 days ago
> There was a term from the early 00's for malicious "hackers", which was crackers.

Yes.

> But if the media is unwilling to budge should we just make a new word?

Not sure how that will pan out :-)

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TeMPOraL 2388 days ago
> But if the media is unwilling to budge should we just make a new word? "Hack" was never a good term to begin with, originating from the model railroad club at MIT.

Well, one of my colleagues and I aspire to become techno-mages.

"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers. We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and invocations of equations. These are the tools we employ, and we know many things."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjToVZTqCbw

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Pete_D 2388 days ago
"In effect, we conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells."

https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/full-text/...

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