[_tb]

hacking is a style of programming, hacking is being a cool start up guy, hacking is being a computer wizard, hacking is X, hacking isn't Y.

why some people keep trying to use the word hacking for what they do no matter what, it's because it sounds cool?

[bottled_poe]

In particular, hacking seems to be about doing things that are not by-the-book. So...how can it be learned?

[krapp]

They're hacking hacking.