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		balls187 on Dec 26, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hackers Who Shut Down PSN and Xbox Live Now Attack... > Lisp nerds from MIT I think this may be a slight on the this site being called "hacker news" and while PG is a "lisp nerd", he never attended MIT.

droopyEyelids on Dec 26, 2014 [–]

It's not a slight, I think lisp nerds at MIT were the very first people to use the word.

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