ssm@lemmy.sdf.org to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-25 months agoThey'd still both rather use C++ than each other thoughlemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down113
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minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up58arrow-down2·5 months agoTo my knowledge, it’s a name that came out of the free software / GNU movement. So, “hackers” as in clever problem solvers, not those that break into insecure systems.
minus-squarebeeng@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up20·5 months agoWhich should be known as a “cracker”, but yeah mainstream media fucked the word “hacker” to mean something it doesn’t.
To my knowledge, it’s a name that came out of the free software / GNU movement. So, “hackers” as in clever problem solvers, not those that break into insecure systems.
Which should be known as a “cracker”, but yeah mainstream media fucked the word “hacker” to mean something it doesn’t.