Past related threads. I think there have been others, and it would be great if anybody found them so we could have a complete list.

First Recorded Usage of “Hacker” (2008) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19415484 - March 2019 (18 comments)

First Recorded Usage of "Hacker" (2008) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7795673 - May 2014 (8 comments)

First Recorded Usage of word "Hacker" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2170897 - Feb 2011 (1 comment)

First recorded usage of “Hacker” from MIT paper in 1963 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=324032 - Oct 2008 (3 comments)

First Recorded Usage of "Hacker" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=289215 - Aug 2008 (12 comments)

The Orignal Hackers were Black Hats. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=152565 - April 2008 (9 comments)