ssm@lemmy.sdf.org to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-226 days agoThey'd still both rather use C++ than each other thoughlemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1287
arrow-up1287imageThey'd still both rather use C++ than each other thoughlemmy.sdf.orgssm@lemmy.sdf.org to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-226 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up51·26 days 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-up15·25 days 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.