wnoise comments on Epistle to the New York Less Wrongians - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wnoise 21 April 2011 08:08:37PM 6 points [-]

Though I agree "hacking" isn't quite the right word,

Picking locks is a hack.

Only under the most anemic criteria. Overlap between lock pickers and hackers does not make lock picking hacking. Using something not-as-it-was-intended is the start of many hacks, but a simple reversal of function or overcoming of function by itself doesn't make the cut.