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Also worth mentioning the Hacker’s Manifesto from 1986: http://phrack.org/issues/7/3.html

Also notable that The Mentor (Loyd) actually participates (or used to participate) here in Hacker News. I had a brief starstuck moment when he commented here in another thread in the past.

I was so identified by this in the early 1990s because I was very lonely in my small town in a developing country where nobody cared about computers and programming. As I got access to the internet I finally found a sense of belonging.

That’s my story as well, but late 90’s.

Imagine running across him in your social circle at 17 ;)

That's awesome. Perhaps closer to the early 2000s for me (on Astalavista [sic] or some such), and I still get the feels when I read it. It really made what otherwise seemed like a strange/underground interest turn into a noble pursuit.

Such a classic.

One of my favorite things ever written.

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