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music
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n. A common extracurricular interest of hackers (compare science-fiction
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fandom , oriental food ; see also filk ). Hackish folklore has long claimed
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that musical and programming abilities are closely related, and there has
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been at least one large-scale statistical study that supports this. Hackers,
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as a rule, like music and often develop musical appreciation in unusual and
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interesting directions. Folk music is very big in hacker circles; so is
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electronic music, and the sort of elaborate instrumental jazz/rock that used
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to be called progressive and isn't recorded much any more. The hacker's
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musical range tends to be wide; many can listen with equal appreciation to
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(say) Talking Heads, Yes, Gentle Giant, Pat Metheny, Scott Joplin, Tangerine
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Dream, Dream Theater, King Sunny Ade, The Pretenders, Screaming Trees, or
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the Brandenburg Concerti. It is also apparently true that hackerdom includes
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a much higher concentration of talented amateur musicians than one would
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expect from a similar-sized control group of mundane types.
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