There are a lot of leftist communities, there are a lot of science communities, but not many leftist hacker/scientist/engineering communities because those types of communities are often libertarian and believe in tech saviourism bullshit

even if you just want to learn, we can help you, teach you computer science, programming, or just want to hear what communist hackers are up to

like i’m pro bitcoin, pro taking bitcoins from libertarians and selling it back to them. never buy, always sell.

I used the word hacker, but honestly i hate the word hacker:

"If you know me at all

You know my very negative associations with the word #hacker

Despite 2600 efforts; label has caused me a lot of pain + grief + hardship

Why almost laughable when ppl on the internet self label that

Put that in your profile when w/o even accused of a crime- you show up to your house to find intelligence agents sitting around waiting for you" - Ekis (creator of shy community)

  • @HakFoo
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    46 months ago

    It’s been coopted, eIther the common “hacker” as synonymous for “cracker” or the “Hacker News” type which tends to be less about “cool tech that moves civilization forward” and more “services to sop up value while offering gossamer-thin actual advances” and “chasing the almighty IPO or acquisition”

    • @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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      66 months ago

      It’s weird how a link aggregator run by a startup accelerator would occasionally have people interested in accelerating startups

      • @HakFoo
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        66 months ago

        There might have been a time when accelerating startups might have been about “delivering more cool stuff to more people” and less “keep the hype balloon inflated until we can cash out.”

        I wonder what startup culture was like pre-Original Dot-Com Bubble.