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How Hacker Culture Died (Ep. 289)

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A nostalgic dive into the rise and fall of true hacker culture - from MIT's curious tinkerers to today's hustle-obsessed "founders." Plus, why IRC was peak internet and what we lost when convenience killed community. For anyone who misses when coding was about elegance, not exits.RetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses. Interesting link https://www.twitch.tv/tsoding/about

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