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H2K2 (2002): "The Conscience of a Hacker"

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Loyd Blankenship, also known as The Mentor, reads his famous 1986 essay and shares the backstory of the Hacker Manifesto.

Saturday, July 13, 2002: pm (Area "A"): Probably the most famous single essay about what it's like to be a hacker is "The Conscience of a Hacker" by The Mentor, written in 1986. It's been quoted all over the place, including the movie "Hackers." It remains one of the most inspirational pieces written about the hacker community and it's survived well over time. This year, we're pleased to have The Mentor himself give a reading of it and offer additional insight.

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uolaon Hacker News • Recommends

On “The Hacker's Manifesto (1986)”

It's slightly anticlimactic when the comment being responded to is a casual dismissal completely missing the context of the text. I've seen plenty of stories on HN where there's some random flamewar on top and the authors insightful comments are at the bottom. For the backstory by the author you're better off with the talk given at HOPE in 2002. link to this video
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catpeaon Hacker News • Mentions

On “DaVinci's Gallery of Photoshop Graphics and Tutorials”

…ely valid today due to the nuclear threat just made on the free world. I am sorry, but the past must not be forgotten. Even if it does not work well on modern gadgets. Here is another piece of history, from that era, The Hacker manifesto in text, not crazy HTML goofyness. link And here is Loyd Blankenship himself, with annoying microphone noise: link to this video I never knew who DaVinci Ice was, I just came across his work on the internet, and loved the colors and art so much, that I remembered to look him up 20+ years after that. I also posted a link to Fravia, link which may even be more confusing. It breaks my heart to know he passed away in 2009: link (Ps, to me the modern web is…
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catpeaon Hacker News • Mentions

On “DaVinci's Gallery of Photoshop Graphics and Tutorials”

Maybe this imperfect selection of mostly off topic videos can help a tiny bit: Here is Eric's Freedom Downtime: link Captain Crunch, and Woz: link Evil Society Whose Plot Was To Control The Word: link Spot a fed 14: link And Loyd: link to this video (Wasn't there a huge documentary about Legion Of Doom, or was that a book?)
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basilikumon Hacker News • Mentions

On “The Hacker’s Manifesto (1986)”

Loyd Blankenship (The Mentor) about the "Conscious of a Hacker" 16 years later in 2002 at H2K2: link to this video
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