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by dromidas 5457 days ago
Face it. Hacker is the old cracker, and cracker now means a crazy white mofo. Origins of the word don't have a lot of meaning once popular usage changes. Old hackers need to do what old hackers used to do; quit clinging to tradition and create a new word to use to describe themselves.
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Do you have suggestions? I'd like to see what creative hn-reader can come up with.