Scaevolus's answer is exactly how I feel. It just very harsh sounding to my minds ear. It literally grates on my psyche every time I have to say it in my head.
And I'm with you on "hacker". I don't have a problem with the word itself, but its so overused in these circles to the point that its irritating every time I see someone try to stuff yet another everyday activity under the hacker term.
> And I'm with you on "hacker". I don't have a problem with the word itself, but its so overused in these circles to the point that its irritating every time I see someone try to stuff yet another everyday activity under the hacker term.
It's at that point that you regex it to something else. [0]
I won't stop using hacker; because it has history. But I do laugh when I see it get applied to everything, it's sad, in a humorous sort of way.
At least the IT community hasn't ruined wizard yet.
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Scaevolus's answer is exactly how I feel. It just very harsh sounding to my minds ear. It literally grates on my psyche every time I have to say it in my head.
And I'm with you on "hacker". I don't have a problem with the word itself, but its so overused in these circles to the point that its irritating every time I see someone try to stuff yet another everyday activity under the hacker term.
> And I'm with you on "hacker". I don't have a problem with the word itself, but its so overused in these circles to the point that its irritating every time I see someone try to stuff yet another everyday activity under the hacker term.
It's at that point that you regex it to something else. [0]
I won't stop using hacker; because it has history. But I do laugh when I see it get applied to everything, it's sad, in a humorous sort of way.
At least the IT community hasn't ruined wizard yet.
[0]: http://xkcd.com/1031/