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by mtinkerhess 6027 days ago
The problem with calling yourself a hacker is that inevitably non-hackers don't understand what you mean. Then you have to explain yourself, and you end up seeming more interested in how you are labeled than what you do.

That or you end up sounding like Lex from Jurassic Park who "prefer(s) to be called a hacker".