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the hacker's dictionary

www.hackersdictionary.com /html/index.html

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[HN] The Hacker's Dictionary

www.hackersdictionary.com /html/index.html

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Hmmm, hosting a hacker post without an https url... 🤨
- Hmmm, hosting a hacker post without an https url…
  
  Given that the Jargon File / Hacker's Dictionary predates https by at least 20 years and is not remotely sensitive information, I don't think it's a problem.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jargon_file
  
  http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/
  
  P.S. This entry in particular might be informative:
  
  http://www.hackersdictionary.com/html/entry/hacker.html
  
  Maybe I'm wrong, but using http could create a MITM vulnerability.
  
  And for me this issue is my browser is setup to block http URLs. It's just not a good look.
- get with the times, https is not 1337
Recommend also the seminal TMRC dictionary for several terms absent here, plus some memorably elegant definitions:

Kludge: A crock that works.
Crock: A kludge that doesn't work.

Same again true of Peter Samson's original 1959 and 1960 editions.

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