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mjwalshe
on May 4, 2012
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B&N Removes Magazine From Nook Store Due To Featur...
Yes I think the author of the article desperately wants "hack" to have its old MIT usage - I am afraid that train has left the station decades ago.
TazeTSchnitzel
on May 4, 2012
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Well, this website still uses it...
4ad
on May 4, 2012
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No. On this site hacker doesn't have any of its original meaning, it means IT-startup entrepreneur. Don't forget that this site was named Startup News before.
kleiba
on May 5, 2012
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So why was it renamed then? The name hackernews was actually chosen to reflect that this news site should
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only be strictly about IT startups.
http://ycombinator.com/hackernews.html
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