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allwein on Nov 6, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Has anyone hacked their homes?

Just to point out that each of these things were ingenious hacks at the time they were invented.

danielnicollet on Nov 6, 2010 [–]

True. So difference between hacking and just using is sometimes a question of time... Cavemen hacked tree branches into sticks to beat eachother up. Today's version of cavemen just buy baseball bats.

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