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		anthk 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Phrack 72 I hate it. It destroys the original concept of hackers, with the original Jargon file, the best relase (1.5). Lisp and Forth hackers are the original thinkerers. The Jargon File https://jargon-file.org/archive/jargon-1.5.0.dos.txt https://hakmem.org/ These are actual hackers and hacks.

contingencies 6 months ago | [–]

That ship had sailed well before the ~1997 launch of the book. See for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film) (1995) or http://www.takedown.com/ (1996)

anthk 6 months ago | | [–]

Hacker Crackdown. The PC scene ruined everything.

firefax 6 months ago | [–]

>These are actual hackers

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>The certificate for hakmem.org expired on 5/8/2021.

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