[crumbshot]

Their first mistake was taking heed of anything ESR has to say, including his archaic opinion on what hacking is.

If it's nothing to do with software or hardware security, then it's not hacking.

And yes, this site is itself woefully misnamed.

[feanaro]

I don't know, this matches closely the meaning I was taught when I was first introduced to the word. I've never found Hacker News to be misnamed.