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Re:Justice Dept Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic C... by socialismisok on Thursday November 03, 2022 @02:09AM (#33447622)
Hackers in the sense that HN uses the term have never been a monoculture. "Government" isn't a monolithic concept either. Some is good but some is not.

Plenty of hackers, for instance, supported the creation of the EPA. I know plenty of permaculture hackers and mycologist hackers who very much want the government regulating pollutants and safety.

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Re:Justice Dept Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic C... by kybernetyk on Thursday November 03, 2022 @02:17AM (#33447679)
Heh, I guess when you abuse a term all the time it eventually becomes meaningless.
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Re:Justice Dept Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic C... by socialismisok on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:56AM (#33462723)
The hacker ethos is not limited to computers. The medium doesn't matter. It can be programming or gardening or art or body modification or whatever. The important part of 3 the experimental, curious, often "hacked together" nature of the projects combined with a sort of joy in discovery. Stallman has, for instance, called out particular poets and musicians as hackers.
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