1962 Hacker Ethics, devised by PDP-1 engineers at MIT
(midwest.social)
Programmingcross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50498226
And one evolution from that, the current ethics from the Chaos Computer Club (German Hacking Club) : https://www.ccc.de/en/hackerethik
Number 6 feels like it was true once but isn't any longer.
It says "can". I want to believe it's still possible.
It can improve your life... It likely won't and even if it does will cause more harm to humanity than improving your life but it can still improve your life.
How was Thomas J. Watson buried? 9 edge down.
Every bug you find is the last one.
The moving cursor prints, and having printed, blinks on.
A few gems from that era. 🙂
