The Hacker Work Ethic

http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/himanen-hacker.html

by solipsist • 15 years ago

23 18 15 years ago

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RiderOfGiraffes2• 15 years ago

Appears to need a login.

gnosis• 15 years ago

http://bugmenot.com/view/nytimes.com

r11t• 15 years ago

Google Cache ftw : http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:h7y-OFV...

Swizec• 15 years ago

Interesting tidbit I discovered when developing LazyReadr: nytimes doesn't ask for login if you say you're not a browser. You don't have to say you're a search engine crawler either. Just no user-agent header is enough.

gaius• 15 years ago

So just register. It's free and they don't spam you. I am sick of people complaining about the NYT; they provide great content and all they want to know is who's reading it. Srsly.

thwarted• 15 years ago

Forcing people to register just so they know who is reading just shows how many Barney Rubbles are reading the NYT online.

RiderOfGiraffes2• 15 years ago

Did I say I didn't register? No.

All I said was that it requires a login. As such, my intent was to provide information. Personally, I don't much care.

I choose to login to various places on a case-by-case basis. Usually I simply don't bother, purely because it's more time than I care about, and I have other things to do, other things to read. In this case I put the link to one side to consider later, if I have time.

pnathan• 15 years ago

I believe this article is from 2001. It would be nice if links had a date on them if they are not current.

solipsist• 15 years ago

What was true back then about the hacker ethic is probably still true today. Not only is this a great article to read, it is somewhat relevant to what's being discussed on HN currently. What is a hacker? What are they good at? And so forth...

Yansky• 15 years ago

This google URL redirect should let you read the original article: http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.nytimes.com/...

j2d2j2d2• 15 years ago

Doesn't seem to work.

spoiledtechie• 15 years ago

Its here: http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/himanen-hacker.html

kijinbear• 15 years ago

It asks me for a login.

PostOnce2• 15 years ago

Google referrer gives you the article, so, google " http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/himanen-hacker.html ", and click the link, with the google referrer, it will work.

Idea: Url shortener that forwards you to a link and gives the link a google referrer. Would take 5 seconds to write. Might start a paywall arms race. :P

elliottcarlson2• 15 years ago

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=site:nytimes.com+The+Hacker+Ethic

Seems lmgtfy can do more than be a mere novelty..

PostOnce2• 15 years ago

With "I'm Feeling Lucky", it becomes the URL shortener I was talking about. Cool.

zachrose• 15 years ago

"Problems related to programming arouse genuine curiosity in the hacker and make him eager to learn more."

Ouch. I would expect NYT to be wary of gendered pronouns.

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