1962 Hacker Ethics, devised by PDP-1 engineers at MIT

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50498226

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portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 24d

To complement this excellent post, The Mentor's Hacker' Manifesto

https://phrack.org/issues/7/3

anotherhoffmann@feddit.org · 9 pts · 24d

And one evolution from that, the current ethics from the Chaos Computer Club (German Hacking Club) : https://www.ccc.de/en/hackerethik

TomMasz@piefed.social · 8 pts · 24d (2 replies)

Number 6 feels like it was true once but isn't any longer.

SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 25 pts · 24d

It says "can". I want to believe it's still possible.

vrek@programming.dev · 5 pts · 24d

It can improve your life... It likely won't and even if it does will cause more harm to humanity than improving your life but it can still improve your life.

perishthethought@piefed.social · 8 pts · 24d

How was Thomas J. Watson buried? 9 edge down.

Every bug you find is the last one.

The moving cursor prints, and having printed, blinks on.


A few gems from that era. 🙂  
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 24d

Number 4 is incomplete.