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Comment by xtal | Hacker News Reader

> It all sounds very 'schoolyard'.

Welcome to "hacking."

I think it's funny how someone who's been here for a month is welcoming someone who's been here for 1100+ days to "hacking". I agree though, it does sound quite schoolyard. The spelling and grammar mistakes don't help with the pathos of whoever 'A Team' is. I just posted this since I thought it was interesting how quickly Lulzsec has said bye bye after declaring war and more dumps every week with 'a big one' coming just this upcoming Monday. Saw this floating on /r/netsec so I thought to share it here.

> I think it's funny how someone who's been here for a month is welcoming someone who's been here for 1100+ days to "hacking".

Cause the age of your HN account = "hacker cred", right? How dare he talk back to an elder!

Regardless, xtal's statement about hacker culture is accurate.

>I think it's funny how someone who's been here for a month is welcoming someone who's been here for 1100+ days to "hacking".

Some day you'll discover alt accounts, and on that day you will feel like a god.

Who's to say this is my main account? ;)

My original account on HN is over 1500 days old now. I left that and used another which is about 800 days old for awhile. Now I'm shii and a few other people for a little while longer.

Why?

Sticking to one persona, especially one tied to the IRL you becomes annoying and restrictive. Much more freeing to openly speak your mind and be able to say things without every thought and action being traced back to one identity.

I've felt the same way, at times. I know things which are both interesting and counter-intuitive about the game industry.

But the information is inexorably tied with my identity, so I've concluded it's more prudent to have secrets and to allow the vocal uninformed to remain ignorant. In the end, it doesn't matter, and they probably wouldn't believe you anyway.

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