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		zaidf on April 23, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Does anyone else get strange looks from pe... Most common reaction is "are you a hacker?" from classmates as I browse HN during lectures.

derefr on April 23, 2009 [–]

My response to such a person: "If a bunch of 'real hackers' wanted to get together and talk about doing illegal things, do you really think they'd call the website Hacker News?" (Not bothering to mention that they'd probably be meeting on IRC instead...)

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