On 02/19/2014 09:59 AM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> * Greg Schmitz <greg@amipa.org> [140219 07:11]:
> Blacks that I know hate that word including when one black person
> uses it with another.
>
> Having said that - I will wave my "hacking" flag proudly. I've
> even gotten used to the word "geek" even though my heart goes out
> to those poor chickens at the carnival.
>
> BTW: "Hack" is a term used in a number of disciplines and
> occupations, including radio technology. Two of my brothers are
> radio techs and use the term proudly in there work.
These days, if you are labeled a hacker, you will be feared by
businessmen, and villanized by politicians, and all your non-techie
friends (and enemies) will have grandiose, romanticized ideas about your
awesome technological powers.
So, what's the downside here?
-- http://www.lugod.org/presentations/pgp/why.html
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