[hackerspaces] Hackerspace and hackerspace

[Matt Joyce]

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On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 3:34 PM, Matt Joyce <matt at nycresistor.com> wrote:

> Also there was a resistor hackerspace in the 40s
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 3:34 PM, Matt Joyce <matt at nycresistor.com> wrote:
>
>> I mean the l0pht was totes mcgoats capitalist.  =P
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 3:25 PM, David Potocnik <david.potocnik at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> "First and foremost, some bitches need to get over the fact that
>>> hackerspaces attract mostly male/white/IT careered/capitalist types."
>>> "Anyway, we spent our youths avoiding being picked on and beat up as
>>> much as possible. We are geeks and outcasts by virtue of the fact that
>>> society rejected us at a young age."
>>>
>>> Even though you and your colleagues in USA space X might truly be
>>> "capitalist types" who used to get bullied as kids, and now want to
>>> (not unlike "The Mentor") extend this resentimentality as the defining
>>> attribute of the hackerspaces movement -- yeah, I'll pass.
>>>
>>> I'd warrant that the CCC, biggest and eldest hackerspace scene
>>> umbrella, did not spring from bullied capitalist geeks. So didn't the
>>> European "hacklabs" of early 90s. The idea has been to explore the
>>> technology for activist goals.
>>>
>>> Ciao
>>>
>>>
>>> On 19 March 2018 at 19:42, . <whipboi at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Wow, this lump bubbled back up to the top again. For once I'm not
>>> > embarrassed by something I wrote years ago:
>>> >
>>> > https://lists.hackerspaces.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-July/008163.html
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > There's a slightly older draft of that article still lurking on the
>>> wiki for
>>> > the curious:
>>> >
>>> > http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Rewriting_Hacking_the_Spaces
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > But yea, we're now middle-aged crusty white guys still doing our thing
>>> and
>>> > trying to provide stable shoulders for the young bloods coming up.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -boi
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> Begin forwarded message:
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >> From: David Potocnik <david.potocnik at gmail.com>
>>> >
>>> >> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Hackerspace and hackerspace
>>> >
>>> >> Date: March 11, 2018 at 9:26:20 AM EDT
>>> >
>>> >> To: Hackerspaces General Discussion List <
>>> discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org>
>>> >
>>> >> Reply-To: Hackerspaces General Discussion List
>>> >> <discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org>
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >> Imo by far the best writeup on this topic:
>>> >
>>> >> http://www.monochrom.at/hacking-the-spaces/
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >> Quite distinct from the politically libertarian and psychologically
>>> >
>>> >> resentimental "manifesto" written by "The Mentor".
>>> >
>>> >> It's written by these guys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monochrom
>>> >
>>> >> And "The Mentor" is this guy:
>>> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyd_Blankenship
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >> There's probably a dash of Europe / USA hack scene distinction in the
>>> >
>>> >> juxtaposition of the two there, as well.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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