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PhasmaFelis on Oct 28, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Run Windows 1.01 in your browser

It seems to me that tying "hacker" status to any one specific skill or bit of knowledge is antithetical to the whole concept.

yohanatan on Oct 28, 2013 [–]

I was referring to the term 'hacker' in the 'good programmer' sense as mentioned by Paul Graham in the link I posted. Obviously, to be a good programmer one must first be a programmer.

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