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The Hacker's Path

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Re: The Hacker's Path

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rednum wrote: post #5

There are some problems with rendering this text in Chromium - words around some of the punctuation overlap. Also, I think that ESR's guide is much more informative: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html The OP omits some of the points I consider important - problem-solving attitude, low level programming, learning unix. Also I think that starting with both Python and Ruby is a bit strange idea - they are r…

I was going to respond to a few things, but you linked to ESR's guide, the most condescending guide to hacking I know. Anyone who links to this guide seriously is usually not going to be swayed by even the best arguments.

Re: The Hacker's Path

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Post by krainboltgreene »

anc2020 wrote: post #10

blech. this is an alright recipe to being a standard nerd/web developer and reads far too much like a list of things the author has done, especially the hobbies part which imo has bugger-all to do with being a hacker. my personal idea of a hacker is someone who knows _everything_ and is not afraid to take advantage of that knowledge. of course it's impossible to know everything, but the best hackers I know do a very…

If you don't want to burn out while you try to know everything, you'll get a side hobby.

Re: The Hacker's Path

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Post by krainboltgreene »

anon114 wrote: post #15

This should be called The Coder's Path for the same reason this site should be called Coder News. A whole section on "Gettin’ Paid, Makin’ Money"? Fucking please.

Eventually every artist has to learn how to sell their work. Is it because they're selling out, just doing it for the cash? No. Some of us have families to feed.

Re: The Hacker's Path

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andrewheins wrote: post #20

Is this kind of thing really helpful? I mean if I think about what "Hacker" means to me, it's someone who's passionate enough about computers to explore the inner workings and make cool things. It seems to me that if you need a guide for the journey, you're already kind of missing the point. Disclaimer: not a hacker, by any definition

I think it's helpful. There are a sea of books out there, and 90% of them are terrible boring tripe. I'd rather not spend time reading the bad books.

Re: The Hacker's Path

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Post by hexis »

krainboltgreene wrote: post #21
rednum wrote: post #5

There are some problems with rendering this text in Chromium - words around some of the punctuation overlap. Also, I think that ESR's guide is much more informative: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html The OP omits some of the points I consider important - problem-solving attitude, low level programming, learning unix. Also I think that starting with both Python and Ruby is a bit strange idea - they are r…

I was going to respond to a few things, but you linked to ESR's guide, the most condescending guide to hacking I know. Anyone who links to this guide seriously is usually not going to be swayed by even the best arguments.

Not that your response is condescending, or anything.

Re: The Hacker's Path

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Post by gaius »

krainboltgreene wrote: post #21
rednum wrote: post #5

There are some problems with rendering this text in Chromium - words around some of the punctuation overlap. Also, I think that ESR's guide is much more informative: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html The OP omits some of the points I consider important - problem-solving attitude, low level programming, learning unix. Also I think that starting with both Python and Ruby is a bit strange idea - they are r…

I was going to respond to a few things, but you linked to ESR's guide, the most condescending guide to hacking I know. Anyone who links to this guide seriously is usually not going to be swayed by even the best arguments.

Indeed - it's amazing how ESR has managed to convince so many people that the ultimate hacker is... Someone who is just like ESR.

Re: The Hacker's Path

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krainboltgreene wrote: post #21
rednum wrote: post #5

There are some problems with rendering this text in Chromium - words around some of the punctuation overlap. Also, I think that ESR's guide is much more informative: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html The OP omits some of the points I consider important - problem-solving attitude, low level programming, learning unix. Also I think that starting with both Python and Ruby is a bit strange idea - they are r…

I was going to respond to a few things, but you linked to ESR's guide, the most condescending guide to hacking I know. Anyone who links to this guide seriously is usually not going to be swayed by even the best arguments.

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Re: The Hacker's Path

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Post by rednum »

Apocryphon wrote: post #27

For a newbie to the world of scripting, is Perl worth learning? Or would Python/PHP/Ruby/JavaScript be a better alternative?

While perl is certainly useful for scripting, I'd reecommend you learning python/ruby (personally I use former) - they are most universal among these 5 language; whereas js/php are good mainly for web related stuff and perl won't give you as much possibilities either.
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