Re:Nullsoft: The death of the last maverick tech company (2004)
by sametmax on Sunday February 05, 2017 @08:08AM
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Nerds is what we call today the people we called geeks yesterday.
Re:Nullsoft: The death of the last maverick tech company (2004)
by Sir_Substance on Sunday February 05, 2017 @10:53AM
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To be honest, the difference between geeks and nerds is so regional that it's hardly ever worth trying to explain the distinction. I always found it interesting that the difference between the two words could change so radically depending on where you are, considering most of the west got the same movies and TV shows.
The impression i have is that the geek label came into effect during the dot-com era as a way to be a web guy without the "no social graces" stigma.
These days you get geeks appropriating nerd elements as a element of their self promotion, resulting in hipsters...