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by 082349872349872 2145 days ago
Russia's been having too much fun with the whole "russian hacker" thing (unfortunately with the new semantics). The main tv channel even broadcast a dance number on the theme (to the tune of "Jamaica"):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrH8xyJG4rc

At least the meaning of "hacker" is now a somewhat-useful sibboleth, distinguishing between the old school and the poseurs? I may be optimistic, but I'm confident true hackers will always eventually learn the true semantics, when they start learning about their antecedents.

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ESR's "How to Become a Hacker" is top two hits for "How to be a hacker" and front page for "how to hack" on google.

Question is, how many people look past the first hit?