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What does that even mean? It's called programming! Making software! Stuff!

"Hack" is a verb that badly needs a direct object behind it, usually with the word "together" in between, and even then it's still cringe-inducing, because usually its usage takes some form of "look at what words I use." The word "hack" is practically a form of profanity.



Wrong. Maybe to you... but for many many years it has meant something completely different. Scroll down and find yourself enlightened....




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