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I don't see how this is for "Hackers"? It has nothing about security applications.

For most people nowadays the word hacker means a guy who pirates stuff and steals your facebook accounts, but the original meaning is just a clever programmer.

See also the definition of "hacker" in the Jargon File: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html

Visits Hacker News, pretends not know what 'hacker' means in this context. Nice try OP.

"For most people nowadays the word hacker means"

He isn't talking about HN readers but Joe Public. A few days ago our head of creative strategies passed my machine when I was doing a load of work in a terminal. He asked what I was doing and if I was a hacker. (I told him it depended what you define as a hacker).

Lets ignore how you actually don't know what the guy was saying and are instead projecting, a NN library with fairly rough documentation that's hosted on github is relevant to Joe Public how?

I have no idea what your comment means. Apparently I am projecting, but beyond that it makes no sense to me.

In pop culture, hacker is someone who breaks into computer systems.

For better understanding of the term, see "hacker culture":

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_culture

the term shifts over time.

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