how can I learn to be a wizardly hacker?

1. {@pejman
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2. Hacker Glider_
Emblem
The five-dots
in-nine-squares diagram.

3. What is A
hacker

4. The Jargon File contains a bunch
of definitions of the term
‘hacker’, most having to do with
technical adeptness and a
delight in solving problems and
overcoming limits.

5. Hacker build things,
Crackers break them.

6. The hacker
attitude

7. 1.
The world is full of
fascinating problems
waiting to be solved.

8. 2. No problem should ever
have to be solved twice.

9. 3. Boredom and drudgery
are evil.

10. look to the master,
follow the master,
walk with the master,
see through the master,
become the master.

11. 4. Freedom is good.

12. 5. Attitude is no substitute
for competence.

13. Basic
hacking
skills

14. LEARN
PROGRAM
You need to learn how to
think about programming
problems in a general way,
independent of any one
language.
HOW
TO
1.

15. 2.
Get one of the open-source
Unixes and learn to use and
run it.

16. 3. Learn how to use the World
Wide Web and write HTML.

17. 4. If you don't have
functional English,
learn it.

18. Status in
the hacker
culture

19. You gain status and
reputation, by giving away
your time, your creativity,
and the results of your
skill.

20. 1. Write open-source
software_

21. 2. Help test and debug
open-source software_

22. 3. Publish useful
information_

23. 4. Help keep the
infrastructure working_

24. 5. Serve the hacker
culture itself_

25. Hacker
nerd
connection

26. Contrary to popular
myth, you don't have to
be a nerd to be a
hacker.

27. many hackers have adopted
the label ‘geek’ as a badge
of pride — it's a way of
declaring their
independence from normal
social expectations.
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28. Hacker
mindset

29. Learn to write your
native language well.

30. Read science fiction.
Go to science fiction
conventions.

31. Train in a
martial-arts form.

32. Develop an analytical ear
for music.

33. Study an actual
meditation discipline.

34. TWITTER
@pejman

36. CREDITS
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