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Isn't working around things to make them work for you exactly what the essence of hacking is?

Plus, doesn't every hacker start as a script kiddie? Using something others came up with usually sparks the imagination. The next step is usually using the scripts right, followed by using the scripts extensively and finding issues, followed by making your own scripts (or improving the existing ones) to avoid these issues.

This looks pretty hackish to me.



Actually the example code is pretty close to the code you would use for more formal analysis. (naturally, real-world data needs more cleaning)




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