"So is everyone who becomes famous in their respective field a "hacker"? "
No, but you see, the death of (US based) celebrities is of great interest to hackers worldwide under the
"On Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. "
guideline, because such deaths are, of course, gratifying to intellectual curiosity.
Strangely enough this bit of the guidelines doesn't seem to be having an effect
"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. "
No, but you see, the death of (US based) celebrities is of great interest to hackers worldwide under the
"On Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. "
guideline, because such deaths are, of course, gratifying to intellectual curiosity.
Strangely enough this bit of the guidelines doesn't seem to be having an effect
"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. "