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   Dave Rahardja (drahardja@sfba.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 23:42:39 JST Dave Rahardja

   Psst, hey: HACKERS ARE NOT TECH BROS. The vast majority of hackers never become tech bros. The ethics of hacking runs completely counter to that of tech bros.

   Hackers make hardware do things they weren’t intended to do. They circumvent barriers. They string together contraptions that repurpose old stuff to do new things. Hackers aren’t that interested in money; they’re more interested in showing off their skills. They love to learn and make demos and create and share free tech that other hackers then build upon. All they want is acknoweledgement and the respect of their peers.

   Tech bros are parasites. They’re greedy bastards who love to erect barriers between people and tech. They extract, addict, monetize. They turn everything fun and useful into a transaction, a dopamine trap, a subscription, a surveillance tool, an advertising outlet, and a vector to extract money from labor and suppliers.

   Please don’t get them mixed up.

   #hackers #hacking #techbros

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     :blobcathug: (jain@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 23:44:53 JST :blobcathug:

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     @drahardja hackers do extract and making surveillance tools too
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     Fish of Rage (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 01-May-2025 00:26:43 JST Fish of Rage

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     @drahardja they're coming for you now lol, guess what if you touch a computer you're a tech bro now
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     tiskaan trashcan (87yto93nfgzyethihpvd@misskey.bubbletea.dev)'s status on Thursday, 01-May-2025 01:35:13 JST tiskaan trashcan

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     • Fish of Rage

     @sun@shitposter.world @drahardja@sfba.social LO! where once the pious brother of technologie layed, now layeth the foul techbro 😭😭😭💢💢💢💢

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     pwm (pwm@darkdork.dev)'s status on Thursday, 01-May-2025 01:36:15 JST pwm

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     • Fish of Rage
     • tiskaan trashcan
     @87ytO93NfgzyEthiHPvD @drahardja @sun Oh NO maybe it wasn't such a good idea to sanction a channel for the hatred to flow through oh no
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     💜 AdoraBeryl 🩷 (rasp@raru.re)'s status on Thursday, 01-May-2025 06:01:20 JST 💜 AdoraBeryl 🩷

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     @drahardja were people actually mixing these up?

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     Sabella (gothodile@furs.social)'s status on Sunday, 04-May-2025 20:47:04 JST Sabella

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     @drahardja

     hacker: I made this toaster play Doom, just because I can.
     techbro: I increased this website's engagement by 17% and in doing so raised teenage suicides by 5%.

     know the difference. it could save your life.