does anyone outside of hacker news think of "hacking" as "learn about how things work"? i always thought pg made this up. whenever i talk to people outside of hacker news i say "maker" instead of hacker.<p>rambling: i like to think i've found the awesomeness that is hacker news (and ycombinator) <i>despite</i> poor naming choices. the 'y' in ycombinator combined with photos of men and combined with the classical hacker culture really lowered my expectations for this community....then i discovered it was totally different. ps - even knowing lambda calculus and fixed point calculations, i still half thought the choice of 'y' was ostentatiously male. on the other hand, it wouldn't be the first time i had a skewed perspective of language and culture.