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I miss the old definition of hack.
I really can't remember an era where the term hack wasn't used incorrectly but this case seems a lot more fitting than usual
I hate that melon husk ruined the term "Grok". Grok, by Heinleins definition, was closely related to Hack, by its original definition in relation to tech. Not to drill new holes, nessecarily, but to understand a system so well that the holes, or lack thereof, are just readily apparent.
Yep, I remember a MSFT vet actually teaching me the term ~15 years ago, when I was working for thrm and ... yep, just another thing Elon has fucking ruined by association/appropriation.
Elon quite literally does not grok Grok.
I'm waiting for Melon to ruin "Butlerian jihad".
thanks for explaining. every time I read grok the bigot in me is like eww Elon, now I know is yet another thing this guy ruined
I grok, man