Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless
by umvi on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @12:25PM
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"hacker"/"cracker" are terms only used/understood with nuance in the tech community.
For the non-tech community:
hacker = person committing computer crimes (black hat)
cracker = a tasty snack (or, if you are in the American South, a contemptuous term for a white person)
tinkerer = someone who tinkers around with stuff (what tech community traditionally called hacker as in hacker news)
Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless
by mikorym on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @02:36AM
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The top two are wrong.
The concrete definitions are:
Hacker: A programmer; someone who embodies the spirit of the programmer's way of thinking
Cracker: A programmer that commits crimes by illegally breaking in to systems.
Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless
by fingerlocks on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @12:30PM
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A programmer writes programs, but a developer writes applications? Really odd line to draw in the sand.
If I build an iOS app that streams video to a webpage, am I developer or a programmer?
Programmer: A person who writes computer programs. I would personally also imply that the programs are typically not deployment of other programs, but this is my own view and not a standard definition. (Actually all of these are not standard definitions. At least, not anymore.)
Developer: A web developer; A person who writes or deploys applications. In the web era I guess most developers have some inherent focus on the internet as a client interface.
I would also add:
Hacker: A person who likes to probe things until nothing jumps out anymore. (These days people call this a White Hat.)
Cracker: A person who likes to probe things until nothing jumps out anymore. Then they probe some more where they really should not and the police get uneasy. (These days called a Black Hat.)