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

hikimori@lemmy.ca · 7 days

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

PortNull@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 days

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

anotherhoffmann@feddit.org · 7 days

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 · 7 days

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

SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 days

It says “can”. I want to believe it’s still possible.

vrek@programming.dev · 7 days

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 · 7 days

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 · 7 days

Number 4 is incomplete.

Maeve @lemmygrad.ml · 7 days

Oh, how have the mighty fallen and the weaponry of war perished.