Not really. Two is not a large number of comments. Turn on showdead in your profile and see the dreck that most users never see.

This place lost its hacker lustre at least 10 years ago.

I registered my first account in 2011 or so and even then it had plenty of "pro-big corporate" energy here.

> Even an ATM will resist power tools far longer than it will take the cops to show up.

It'll also spit in your face with a paint that's incredibly hard to wash off.

This is linguistic nonsense on a par with disliking the phrase "my spouse" because it implies ownership. You can easily talk of "my country" or "my university" without claiming ownership, just as one can talk of "a sense of belonging" or of "belonging to a club" without feeling owned. Words have several meanings.

Would phrasing it as "your parents sold you into society" be more accurate for you?

>> the idea of a society owning me isn't something I agree with.

Your agreement is irrelevant. Have you registered for selective service? Paid taxes? Have a drivers license? Check youtube for "sovcit traffic stop" to see what happens when people think they can live independent from the rest of society. The Amish must obey traffic laws just like everyone else.

>> Also I'm free to leave.

Nope. Many an american has fled to canada to avoid taxes/draft/jail. They are caught eventually. Citizenship is not property. You cannot just set it aside when you dont agree with its obligations. There is a process for leaving. It isnt short, easy, cheap or in any way guaranteed.

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You live in a country with laws. You pay taxes. You can be put in prison. They both literally and figuratively own your ass.

You're free to leave only if another country accepts you which is not a given.

Mitnik is in no sense “the original hacker”. Ever heard of Cap’n Crunch?

The Guinness book of world records listed Kevin as the world's most notorious hacker, not the first.

They did retract they record for its lack of objectivity.

Literally from the horse's mouth, 15 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1648199

> In the sense of the word that means people who write code, not people who break into things

It would be like if you were going over a list of pros and cons and when you got to the cons some guy was like "wow, you work with criminals, huh?" Then you tell him not that sort of con and he says "yeah, typical nerd bickering".

C'mon.

I went to hacker events where someone would sell lock-picking tools and practice locks like it's the most natural thing in the world.

Mr. judge I’m not a black hat hacker. I’m a person, one of such nature who enjoys creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations.

Pick a fight with a room full of pedants snicker snicker.