[ac2u]

I think this was the thread I remember reading at the time where people came up with examples that don't have to be deceptive.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1197674

There was also a quote from someone in yc saying that the question wasn't really that important (probably why it got removed).

[jelliclesfarm]

That’s an interesting thread ..altho not enough comments to make it super interesting..

I guess ‘hacks’ are what we call as ‘loopholes’ in tax audits. This is how I understand hacking. Every system has its strength/weaknesses and boundaries. As long as we can rearrange the system from within the boundaries by exploiting the available strengths/weaknesses to create an entirely different model/system/agenda qualifies as a ‘hack’.

[treis]

I'm glad you found it, but I don't really see those as really changing my point. They looked for people that beat the system. They're amusing anecdotes when it's a plucky college kid hustling for a job. But when it's a head of a billion+ company beating the system (i.e. laws protecting workers and/or the general populace) it's a different story.