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I wish HN was more about real hacking. Black-, Gray- or Whitehat. The highest upvoted things aren't startup's but privacy related posted (ie. NSA) and HTML5/CSS3 experiments... Not to say, I don't see gem's in here, but most are more interested in webdesign stuff.

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You're on the wrong site. This site uses the Stallman[1] definition for hacking, not the The Mentor[2] definition :)

[1]http://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html [2]http://www.mithral.com/~beberg/manifesto.html

Ok, I don't know why it got downvoted ; cannot reason the logic. Do people assume "this guy doesn't know the various definitions of the word hacker"? However, thanks for the feedback.

It's because you said 'black, gray or white hat'. Those are all computer security hacker types, and have little to do with the topic of this site, which is tech startup news and relevant inspiring/educational material.

Ahhh, ok now I see why it looks stupid in this context. Me wishing the swap of content to another definition of the term hacker, esp. 'black, gray or white hat' sounds illogical. Thank you, really appreciated! Sometimes I don't get these details.

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