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stackghosttoday at 4:48 AM3 repliesview on HN

When I was coming up, hackers embraced both those definitions. "Information wants to be free" and "fuck corporations" were our guiding principles.

Edit: to the dead comment in reply to this one, of course it's more nuanced than "all information should be public at all times". It's almost like a 5-word axiom necessarily omits nuance in exchange for brevity.

Hackers also used to exhibit critical thinking skills, sheesh.


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dudefelicianotoday at 9:17 AM

VC "hackers" still think that information is free and fuck corporations, just as long as it's not "their" information or "their" corporation

redrovetoday at 6:49 AM

That’s long gone, especially around here. YC is YC.

It’s sad the best we could do in terms of community forum is a VC’s website.

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akoboldfryingtoday at 5:23 AM

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