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Re:The most mentioned books on Stack Overflow by jonmb on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @10:14AM (#13598800)
When you say something like "nice affiliate hack" it comes with an implication that it's wrong, because a lot of people on the Internet try to trick others into clicking their affiliate links.
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Re:The most mentioned books on Stack Overflow by crispyambulance on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @10:24AM (#13598905)
Its OK to use the word "hack" on "hackernews"... negative connotation is not automatic here !
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Re:The most mentioned books on Stack Overflow by pc86 on Thursday February 09, 2017 @10:27AM (#13607537)
The English language does not change because this is HN and everything thinks their IQ is 3 standard deviations above the mean.

"Nice _______ hack" has an obvious and blatant negative connotation, particularly when it's on its own like that. The implication is that this is just a way to make a few bucks. That's not what the commenter meant, thankfully, but that's only known after further explanation.

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Re:The most mentioned books on Stack Overflow by awfgylbcxhrey on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @01:01PM (#13600439)
Your entire comment came off as negative, the use of 'hack' is only part of it.
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Re:The most mentioned books on Stack Overflow by nkrisc on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @02:24PM (#13601196)
I think you're reading too much into it. Taking the word choice at face value it's a pretty neutral, if not positive, statement.
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